Impact-generated hydrothermal systems on Earth and Mars

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Osinski, Gordon R., Tornabene, Livio L., Banerjee, Neil R., Cockell, Charles S., Flemming, Roberta, Izawa, Matthew R. M., McCutcheon, Jenine, Parnell, John, Preston, Louisa J., Pickersgill, Annemarie E., Pontefract, Alexandra, Sapers, Haley M., Southam, Gordon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press 2013
• Subjects: Impact processes; Cratering; Mars; Astrobiology; Devon Island; 1912 Space and Planetary Science; 3103 Astronomy and Astrophysics; Crater Lake; Target Rock
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:315075

It has long been suggested that hydrothermal systems might have provided habitats for the origin and evolution of early life on Earth, and possibly other planets such as Mars. In this contribution we show that most impact events that result in the formation of complex impact craters (i.e., >2-4 a...