Impact excavation and the search for subsurface life on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 340-349

  Cockell, Charles S ^a,b   Barlow, Nadine G ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical depth; Drilling; Excavation; Impacts; Life; Mars; Paleolacustrine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036104775     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6725     Document Type: Article

References (79)

1. Exobiology at Sinus Meridiani-2003 and beyond
2. Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrologic cycle on Mars
3. Potential MER landing sites in the Terra Meridiani and Valles Marineris regions of Mars
4. Martian impact craters: Correlations of ejecta and interior morphologies with diameter, latitude, and terrain
5. Distribution of subsurface volatiles across the equatorial region of Mars
6. Standardizing the nomenclature of martian impact crater ejecta morphologies
7. Variations in the onset diameter for martian layered ejecta morphologies and their implications for subsurface volatile reservoirs
8. The search for organic substances and inorganic volatile compounds in the surface of Mars
9. On the possibility of chemosynthetic ecosystems in subsurface habitats on Mars
10. Assessing layered materials in Gale crater
11. Distribution, classification, and ages of martian impact crater lakes
12. Exploring impact crater paleolakes in 2003
13. Status of the European Mars Express mission
14. Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the thermal emission spectrometer: Evidence for near-surface water
15. The distribution of crystalline hematite on Mars from the thermal emission spectrometer: Evidence for liquid water
16. The TES Hematite-rich region in Sinus Meridiani: A proposed landing site for the 2003 rover
17. A model for the hydrologic and climatic behavior of water on Mars
18. The ultraviolet environment of Mars: Biological implications past, present and future
19. Microbial mats in the Tswaing impact crater, South Africa--Results from a South African exobiology expedition and implications for the search for biological molecules on Mars
20. Microorganisms from deep, high temperature sandstones: Constraints on microbial colonization
21. The scaling of complex craters
22. Detection of viable yeast in 3-million-year-old permafrost soils of Siberia
23. Bacterial mats from Crater-lake, Oregon, USA and their relationship to possible deep-lake hydrothermal venting
24. Sources of nutrients and energy for a deep biosphere on Mars
25. Geometric properties of martian impact craters: Preliminary results from the Mars orbiter laser altimeter
26. North polar region craterforms on Mars: Geometric characteristics from the Mars orbiter laser altimeter
27. Potential Noachian-aged sites for MERB
28. Sweden's Siljan Ring well evaluated
29. Magmatic intrusions and a hydrothermal origin for fluvial valleys on Mars
30. Potential Mars exploration rover landing sites west and south of Apollinaris Patera
31. An early Holocene leaf flora from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana
32. Possible ancient ocean on Mars: Evidence from Mars orbiter laser altimeter data
33. The stratigraphy, sedimentology, and fossils of the Haughton formation: A post-impact crater-fill
34. Filamentous fabrics in low-temperature mineral assemblages: Are they fossil biomarkers? Implications for the search for a subsurface fossil record on the early Earth and Mars
35. Bacterial spores survive simulated meteorite impact
36. Terra Meridiani hematite deposit landing site rationale
37. Hydrothermal and microbial processes at Loihi Seamount (Hawaii, USA), a mid-plate hot-spot volcano
38. The search for extant life on Mars
39. Distribution and activity of methanogens and homoacteogens in deep granitic aquifers at Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden
40. The unmetamorphoreal sedimentary fill of the Brent meteorite crater, Southern-eastern Ontario
41. Sedimentary rocks of early Mars
42. Evidence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars
43. Accessing the martian deep subsurface to search for life
44. Search for past life on Mars: Possible relic biogenic activity in martian meteorite ALH84001
45. Microfossils and paleoenvironments in the deep subsurface basalt samples
46. Isolation and characterization of Thermococcus sibiricus sp nov from a Western Siberia high-temperature oil reservoir
47. Ejecta emplacement and modes of formation of martian fluidized ejecta craters
48. Impact crater landing sites for the 2003 Mars exploration rovers-Accessing lacustrine and hydrothermal deposits
49. Impact cratering and the formation of crater lakes on Mars
50. Diverse Thermus species inhabit a single hot-spring microbial mat
51. TES hematite landing sites in Sinus Meridiani for 2003 Mars exploration rover
52. A physical and chemical characterization of martian permafrost as a possible habitat for viable microorganisms
53. The microbial origin of fossil fuels
54. Coastal geomorphology of the martian northern plains
55. Recent studies on bacterial populations and processes in subseafloor sediments: A review
56. The Pretoria Saltpan: A 200,000 year Southern African lacustrine sequence
57. Microbial life in granitic rock
58. Exploration of deep intraterrestrial microbial life: Current perspectives
59. Copernicus crater central peak: Lunar mountains of unique composition
60. Geomorphology of impact craters on Mercury
61. A habitat for psychrophiles in deep Antarctic ice
62. The significance of pollen-rich inorganic lake sediments in the Cratere du Nouveau-Quebec area, Ungava, Canada
63. Origin and diagenesis of lacustrine algal bioherms at the margin of the Ries crater, Upper Miocene, southern Germany
64. Biogeochemical activity of anaerobic micro-organisms from buried permafrost sediments
65. Metabolic activity of permafrost bacteria below the freezing point
66. The biostratigraphy of sediments deposited in the Lake Kaali meterorite impact structure, Saarema Island, Estonia
67. Thermal history of Mars and the sulfur content of its core
68. The middle miocene flora (MN7) of Steinheim am Albuch (Swabian Jura, Baden-Wuerttemberg)
69. Life in hot springs and hydrothermal vents
70. Refugia from asteroid impacts on early Mars and the early Earth
71. Preservation of cell structures in permafrost - A model for exobiology
72. Lithoautotrophy in the subsurface
73. Proterozoic microfossils from the sedimentary rocks of the Lappajärvi impact crater
74. Deep marine biosphere fuelled by increasing organic matter availability during burial and heating
75. Interior morphology of fresh martian craters: The effects of target characteristics
76. Functional biomolecules of Antarctic stromatolitic and endolithic cyanobacterial communities