Mars analogue glaciovolcanic hydrothermal environments in Iceland:detection and implications for astrobiology

• Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
• Main Authors: Cousins, Claire Rachel, Crawford, Ian, Carrivick, Jonathan, Gunn, Matthew, Harris, Jennifer, Kee, Terence, Karlsson, Magnus, Carmody, Laura, Cockell, Charles, Herschy, Barry, Joy, Katherine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Glaciovolcanism; Hydrothermal; Mars; Astrobiology; Mineralogy; Analogue; Askja; Kverkfjöll; Iceland
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/mars-analogue-glaciovolcanic-hydrothermal-environments-in-iceland(f260d79c-46be-4139-b828-897957fb7ade).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.02.009; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/8756/1/Accepted_manuscript_2013.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027313000607#appd001

Volcanism has been a dominant process on Mars, along with a pervasive global cryosphere. Therefore, the interaction between these two is considered likely. Terrestrial glaciovolcanism produces distinctive lithologies and alteration terrains, as well as hydrothermal environments that can be inhabited...