Are there carbonate deposits in the Valles Marineris, Mars?

• Main Authors: Nedell, Susan S., Mckay, Christopher P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION; Valles; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19890016991

The precipitation of 30 mbar of Martian atmosphere CO2 as carbonates in lakes is suggested to be the source of thick sequences of layered deposits found in the Valles Marineris. Support is adduced for this scenario from processes occurring in the perennially frozen dry valley lakes of Antarctica, wh...