Hydrothermal systems on Mars: An assessment of present evidence

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 202, 1996, Pages 273-299

  Farmer, Jack D ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; MINERAL; WATER;

ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOLOGY; HEAT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; VOLCANO;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

DEUTERIUM; EARTH (PLANET); GEOLOGY; HEAT; HYDROGEN; MARS; METEOROIDS; MINERALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER;

EID: 0030323738     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Baker VR 1990 Spring sapping and valley network development. Geol Soc Am Spec Paper 252:235-265
2. Baker VR, Carr MH, Gulick VC, Williams CR, Marley MS 1992 Channels and valley networks. In: Kieffer HH, Jakosky BM, Snyder CW, Matthews MS (eds) Mars. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, p 493-554
3. Brakenridge GR, Newsom HE, Baker VR 1985 Ancient hot springs on Mars: origins and paleoenvironmental significance of small Martian valleys. Geology 13:859-862
4. Carr MH 1981 The surface of Mars. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
5. Carr MH 1996a Water on Mars. Oxford University Press, New York
6. Carr MH 1996b Water on early Mars. In: Evolution of hydrothermal ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?). Wiley, Chichester (Ciba Found Symp 202) p 249-267
7. Carruthers MW 1995 Igneous activity and the origin of the fretted channels, Southern Ismenius Lacus, Mars. Lunar Planet Sci 26:217-218
8. Christensen PR, Anderson DL, Chase SC et al 1992 Thermal emission spectrometer experiment: Mars Observer mission. J Geophys Res 97:7719E-7734E
9. Christiansen EH 1989 Lahars in the Elysium region of Mars. Geology 17:203-206
10. Clifford SM 1993 A model for the hydrologic and climatic behavior of water on Mars. J Geophys Res 98:10973-11016
11. Crown DA, Price KH, Greeley R 1992 Geologic evolution of the East Rim of the Hellas Basin, Mars. Icarus 100:1-25
12. Grumpler LS, Head JW, Aubele JC 1996 Calderas on Mars: characteristics, structural evolution, and associated flank structures. In: McGuire WC, Jones AP, Neuberg J (eds) Proceedings, conference on volcanic instability on Earth and other planets. Geol Soc Spec Publ 110:307-347
13. Des Marais DJ 1996 Stable light isotope biogeochemistry of hydrothermal systems. In: Evolution of hydrothermal ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?). Wiley, Chichester (Ciba Found Symp 202) p 83-98
14. Donahue TM 1995 Evolution of water reservoirs on Mars from D/H ratios in the atmosphere and crust. Nature 374:432-434
15. Einsele G, Gieskes JM, Curray J et al 1980 Intrusion of basaltic sills into highly porous sediments, and resulting hydrothermal activity. Nature 283:441-445
16. Farmer JD, Des Marais DJ 1994 Exopaleontology and the search for a fossil record on Mars. Lunar Planet Sci 25:367-368
17. Farmer JD, Des Marais DJ, Klein H 1993 Mars site selection for Exobiology: criteria and methodology. In: Greeley R, Thomas P Mars landing site catalog. NASA Ref Pub 1238, 2nd edn, p 11-16
18. Farmer JD, Des Marais DJ, Greeley R 1995 Exopaleontology at the Mars Pathfinder landing site. Lunar Planet Sci 26:393-394
19. Geissler PE, Singer RB, Komatsu G, Murchie S, Mustard J 1993 An unusual spectral unit west Candor Chasma: evidence for aqueous or hydrothermal alteration in the Martian Canyons. Icarus 106:380-391
20. Gooding JL 1992 Soil mineralogy and chemistry on Mars: possible dues from salts and days in SNC meteorites. Icarus 99:28-41
21. Griffith LL, Shock EL 1995 A geochemical model for the formation of hydrothermal carbonates on Mars. Nature 377:406-408
22. Gulick VC 1993 Magmatic intrusions and hydrothermal systems: implications for the formation of Martian fluvial valleys. PhD thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
23. Gulick VC 1995 Geological observations and numerical modeling of hydrothermal systems on Mars. Eos, Trans Am Geophys Union 76:330
24. Gulick VC, Baker VR 1990 Origin and evolution of valleys on Martian volcanoes. J Geophys Res 95:14325-14344
25. Henley RW 1996 Chemical and physical context for life in terrestrial hydrothermal systems: chemical reactors for the early development of life and hydrothermal ecosystems. In: Evolution of hydrothermal ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?). Wiley, Chichester (Ciba Found Symp 202) p 61-82
26. Hodges CA, Moore HJ 1994 Atlas of volcanic landforms on Mars. US Geol Survey Prof Paper 1534:1-194
27. Jakosky BM 1991 Mars volatile evolution: evidence from stable isotopes. Icarus 94:14-31
28. Jakosky BM, Jones JH 1994 Evolution of water on Mars. Nature 370:328-329
29. 2 condensation and the climate of early Mars. Icarus 94:1-13
30. Mars Channel Working Group 1993 Channels and valleys on Mars. Geol Soc Am Bull 94:1035-1054
31. Masursky H, Chapman MG, Dial AL Jr, Strobell ME 1986 Episodic channeling punctuated by volcanic flows in Mangala Valles region, Mars. NASA Tech Mem 88383:459-461
32. McSween HY Jr 1994 What we have learned about Mars from SNC meteorites. Meteoritics 29:757-779
33. McSween HY Jr, Stolper EM, Taylor LA et al 1979 Petrogenetic relationship between the Alan Hills 77005 and other achondrites. Earth Planet Sci Letters 45:275-284
34. Nedell SS, Squyres SW, Anderson DW 1987 Origin and evolution of the layered deposits in the Vallis Marineris, Mars. Icarus 70:409-411
35. Neukum G, Hiller K 1981 Martian ages. J Geophys Res 86:3097-3121
36. Newsom HE 1980 Hydrothermal alteration of impact melt sheets with implications for Mars. Icarus 44:207-216
37. Pepin RO, Carr MH 1992 Major issues and outstanding questions. In: Kieffer HH, Jakosky BM, Snyder CW, Matthews MS (eds) Mars. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, p 120-143
38. Pirajno F 1992 Hydrothermal mineral deposits: principles and fundamental concepts for the exploration geologist. Springer-Verlag, New York
39. Plescia JB, Saunders RS 1982 The tectonic history of the Tharsis region, Mars. J Geophys Res 87:9775B-9791B
40. Pollack JB, Kasting JF, Richardson SM, Poliakoff K 1987 The case for a wet, warm climate on early Mars. Icarus 71:203-224
41. Robbins EI 1983 Accumulation of fossil fuels and metallic minerals in active and ancient rift lakes. Tectonophysics 94:633-658
42. Robinson M, Smith M 1995 Multi-temporal examination of the Martian Surface in the Apollinaris Patera Region. Eos, Trans Am Geophys Union 76:331
43. Robinson MS, Mouginis-Mark PJ, Zimbelman JR, Wu SSC, Ablin KK, Howington-Kraus AE 1993 Chrononlogy, eruption duration, and atmospheric contribution of the Martian volcano Apollinaris Patera. Icarus 104:301-323
44. Romanek CS, Grady MM, Wright IP et al 1994 Record of fluid-rock interactions on Mars from the meteorite ALH84001. Nature 372:655-657
45. Schubert G, Solomon SC, Turcotte DL, Drake MJ, Sleep NH 1992 Origin and thermal evolution of Mars. In: Kieffer HH, Jakosky BM, Snyder CW, Matthews MS (eds) Mars. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, p 147-183
46. Squyres SW, Carr MH 1986 Geomorphic evidence for the distribution of ground ice on Mars. Science 231:249-252
47. Squyres SW, Kasting JF 1994 Early Mars: how warm and how wet? Science 265:744-749
48. Squyres SW, Wilhelms DE, Moosman AC 1987 Large-scale volcano-ground ice interactions on Mars. Icarus 70:385-408
49. Walter MR, Des Marais DJ 1993 Preservation of biological information in thermal spring deposits: developing a strategy for the search for fossil life on Mars. Icarus 101:129-143
50. Watson LL, Hutcheon ID, Epstein S, Stolper EM 1994 Water on Mars: clues from deuterium/ hydrogen and water contents of hydrous phases in SNC meteorites. Science 265:86-90
51. Wilhelms DE, Baldwin RJ 1989 The role of igneous sills in shaping the Martian uplands. Lunar Planet Sci 19:355-365