Arctic cold spring mineralogy as an indicator of spring deposits, water, and habitable environments on Mars

• Main Author: Battler, Melissa M
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2012
• Subjects: Golden Deposit; Axel Heiberg Island; Wolf Spring; Mawrth Vallis; reflectance spectroscopy; sulfate minerals; Geology; Arctic; Canada; Colour Peak; Gypsum Hill; Heiberg; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; permafrost
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1080; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/etd/article/2274/viewcontent/Battler_PhD_Thesis_CORRECTED_FINAL.pdf

Springs exist in many terrestrial settings and have supported microbial communities throughout Earth’s history. There is mounting evidence for spring deposits on Mars from Noachian age to present, implying that water may be circulating in Mars’ subsurface despite current cold, arid conditions. Curre...