Conference on the Geophysical Detection of Subsurface Water on Mars: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, August 6-10, 2001

• Other Authors: George, Jeffrey A., Stoker, Carol R., Clifford, Stephen Mark, 1952-, orcid:0000-0003-0771-1713
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Lunar and Planetary Institute 2001
• Subjects: Mars (Planet); Water > Remote sensing; QB641; Arctic; Barlow; Clifford; Coleman; Hallet; Ice; Methane hydrate; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/699

The primary goal of the conference is to identify the most direct, unambiguous, and cost-effective approach to assessing the three-dimensional distribution and state of water within the martian crust — at a resolution sufficient to permit reaching any desired volatile target by drilling. Lunar and Planetary Institute; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. conveners, Stephen Clifford, Jeffrey George, Carol Stoker sponsored by Lunar and Planetary Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Incomplete contents: Basic Concepts in Terrestrial Ground Freezing / Black P.B.--Characteristics of the Continuous Permafrost Regions of Earth / Hallet B.--Terrestrial Methane Hydrate / Max M.D.--The Expected Nature, Distribution and State of Subsurface Volatiles on Mars / Clifford S.M.--Mars Subsurface Science Issues: A MEPAG Perspective / Greeley R.--Impact Craters as Indicators of Subsurface Volatile Reservoirs / Barlow N.G.--The Elysium/Utopia Flows: Evidence for Release of Confined Groundwater in the Context of a Global Cryosphere-Hydrosphere System / Russell P.S. Head J.W. III--Medusae Fossae Formation as Volatile-rich Sediments Deposited During High Obliquity: An Hypothesis and Tests / Head J.W. Kreslavsky M.A.--Mars Subsurface Exploration: A Review of Recent Studies / Beaty D.--Geophysical Methods to Detect Ground Ice Produced by Recent Fluid Flows on Mars / Coleman N.M.--Possibilities of Using MARSES Instrument for Long-Term Monitoring and Subsurface Studies in Arctic and Arid Lands / Ozorovich Y.R. . [and others]