Remote detection of past habitability at Mars-analogue hydrothermal alteration terrains using an ExoMars Panoramic Camera emulator

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Harris, Jennifer K., Cousins, Claire Rachel, Gunn, Matthew, Grindrod, Peter M., Barnes, David, Crawford, Ian A., Cross, Rachel E., Coates, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Mars; Surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy; Astrobiology; Instrumentation; Gusev; Námafjall; Iceland
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/remote-detection-of-past-habitability-at-marsanalogue-hydrothermal-alteration-terrains-using-an-exomars-panoramic-camera-emulator(fd2d1c30-5a30-492a-9786-4a5be1f2ae14).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.004; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/8198/1/Cousins_RemoteDetection_I_CC.pdf

A major scientific goal of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2018 rover is to identify evidence of life within the martian rock record. Key to this objective is the remote detection of geological substrates that are indicative of past habitable environments, which will rely on visual (stereo wide-...