Impact melt sheet formation on Mars and its implication for hydrothermal systems and exobiology

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Pope, Kevin O ^a   Kieffer, Susan W ^b   Ames, Doreen E ^c  

^a Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cratering; Exobiology; Impact processes; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646945332     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

References (92)

1. Abramov O., and Kring D.A. Numerical modeling of an impact-induced hydrothermal system at the Sudbury crater. J. Geophys. Res. 109 E10 (2004) 10.1029/2003JE002213
2. Allen C.C., Gooding J.L., and Keil K. Hydrothermally altered impact melt rock and breccia: Contributions to the soil of Mars. J. Geophys. Res. 87 (1982) 10083-10101
3. Ames D.E. Sudbury structure: Whitewater group; Hydrothermal alteration and mineral deposits. In: Ames D.E., Bleeker W., Heather K.B., and Wodicka N. (Eds). Timmins to Sudbury Transect: New Insights into the Regional Geology and the Setting of Ore Deposits. Geological Association of Canada Fieldtrip Guidebook B6 (1997), Geological Association of Canada and the Mineralogical Society of Canada, Ottawa 94-122
4. Ames D.E., Watkinson D.H., and Parrish R.R. Dating of a hydrothermal system induced by the 1850 Ma Sudbury impact event. Geology 26 (1998) 447-450
5. Ames D.E., Kjarsgaard I.M., Pope K.O., Dressler B., and Pilkington M. Secondary alteration of the impactite and mineralization in the basal Tertiary sequence, Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 39 (2004) 1145-1167
6. Ames, D.E., Davidson, A., Buckle, J., Card, K.D., 2005. Sudbury bedrock compilation; Geology 1:50,000 color map, 5 figures and 2 digital tables. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 4570
7. Ames D.E., Jonasson I.R., Gibson H.L., and Pope K.O. Impact-generated hydrothermal system-Constraints from the large Paleoproterozoic Sudbury crater, Canada. In: Cockell C., Koeberl C., and Gilmour I. (Eds). Biological Processes Associated with Impact Events. Impact Studies Series (2006), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 55-100
8. Arz J.A., Alegret L., and Arenillas I. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction at Yaxcopoil-1 drill hole, Chicxulub crater, Yucatan Peninsula. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 39 (2004) 1099-1111
9. Barlow N.G., and Bradley T.L. Martian impact craters: Dependence of ejecta and interior morphologies on diameter, latitude, and terrain. Icarus 87 (1990) 156-179
10. Bell M.S., Reagan M.K., Anderson R.R., and Foster Jr. C.T. Petrography of crystalline clast breccias from the Manson M-1 core. In: Koeberl C., and Anderson R. (Eds). The Manson Impact Structure. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 302 (1996), Geological Society of America, Boulder 221-233
11. Berggren W.A., Kent D.V., Swisher III C.C., and Aubry M.P. A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy. In: Berggren W.A., Kent D.V., Aubry M.P., and Hardenbol J. (Eds). Geochronology, Time Scales, and Global Stratigraphic Correlation Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral. Spec. Publ. 54 (1995), Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Tulsa 129-212
12. Bjorkman M.D., and Holsapple K.A. Velocity scaling of impact melt volume. Int. J. Impact Eng. 5 (1987) 155-163
13. Brakenridge R.G., Newsom H.E., and Baker V.R. Ancient hot springs on Mars: Origin and paleoenvironmental significance of small martian valleys. Geology 13 (1985) 859-862
14. Cady S.L., and Farmer J.D. Fossilization processes in siliceous thermal springs: Trends in preservation along thermal gradients. In: Bock G., and Goode J. (Eds). Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?) (1996), Wiley & Sons, Chichester 150-173
15. Cintala M.J., and Grieve R.A.F. The effects of differential scaling of impact melt and crater dimensions on lunar and terrestrial craters: Some brief examples. In: Dressler B.O., Grieve R.A.F., and Sharpton V.L. (Eds). Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 293 (1994), Geological Society of America, Boulder 51-59
16. Croft S.K. The scaling of complex craters. Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 15 (1985) J. Geophys. Res. 90, C828-C842
17. Crossey L.J., Kudo A.M., and McCarville P. Post-impact hydrothermal systems: Manson impact structure, Manson, Iowa. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXV (1994) 299-300
18. Daubar I.J., and Kring D.A. Impact-induced hydrothermal systems: Heat sources and lifetimes. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXII (2001) Abstract 1727
19. Englhardt W.V., and Graup G. Suevite of the Ries crater, Germany: Source rocks and implications for cratering mechanics. Geol. Rundsch. 73 (1984) 447-481
20. Farmer J.D. Hydrothermal processes on Mars: An assessment of present evidence. In: Bock G., and Goode J. (Eds). Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?) (1996), Wiley & Sons, Chichester 273-299
21. Farmer J.D. Thermophiles, early biosphere evolution and the origin of life on Earth: Implications for the exobiological exploration of Mars. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 28457-28461
22. Farmer J.D. Hydrothermal systems: Doorways to early biosphere evolution. GSA Today 10 (2000) 1-9
23. Farmer J.D., and Des Marais D.J. Exploring for a record of ancient martian life. J. Geophys. Res. 104 (1999) 26977-26995
24. Floran R.J., Grieve R.A.F., Phinney W.C., Warner J.L., Simonds C.H., Blanchard D.P., and Dence M.R. Manicouagan impact melt sheet, Quebec. 1. Stratigraphy, petrology, and chemistry. J. Geophys. Res. 83 (1978) 2737-2759
25. Graup G. Carbonate-silicate liquid immiscibility upon impact melting; Ries crater, Germany. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 34 (1999) 425-438
26. Grieve R.A.F., and Cintala M.J. An analysis of differential impact melt-crater scaling and implications for the terrestrial impact record. Meteoritics 27 (1992) 526-538
27. Grieve R.A.F., Reny G., Grurov E.P., and Ryabenko V.A. Impact melt rocks of the Boltysh crater. Meteoritics 20 (1985) 655
28. Grieve R.A.F., Reny G., Gurov E.P., and Ryabenko V.A. The melt rocks of the Boltysh impact crater, Ukraine, USSR. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 96 (1987) 56-62
29. Gurov E.P., Kelley S.P., and Koeberl C. Ejecta of the Boltysh impact crater in the Ukrainian Shield. In: Koeberl C., and Martinez-Ruiz F. (Eds). Impact Markers in the Stratigraphic Record. Impact Studies Series (2003), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 179-202
30. Hagerty J.J., and Newsom H.E. Hydrothermal alteration at the Lonar Lake impact structure, India: Implications for impact cratering on Mars. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 38 (2003) 365-381
31. Hartmann W.K. Martian cratering. 8. Isochron refinement and the chronology of Mars. Icarus 174 (2005) 294-320
32. Henley R.W. Chemical and physical context for life in terrestrial hydrothermal systems: Chemical reactors for the early development of life and hydrothermal ecosystems. In: Bock G., and Goode J. (Eds). Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?) (1996), Wiley & Sons, Chichester 61-82
33. Hode T., Dalwigk I.V., and Broman C. A hydrothermal system associated with the Siljan impact structure, Sweden-Implications for the search for fossil life on Mars. Astrobiology 3 (2003) 271-289
34. Ivanov B.A. Mars/Moon cratering rate ratio estimates. Space Sci. Rev. 96 (2001) 87-104
35. Ivanov B.A., and Deutsch A. Sudbury impact event: Cratering mechanics and thermal history. In: Dressler B.O., and Sharpton V.L. (Eds). Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution II. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 339 (1999), Geological Society of America, Boulder 389-397
36. Jaret S.J., Crane A.N., and Albin E.F. Schiaparelli basin: Crater count chronology and geologic evolution of an ancient martian impact structure. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXIV (2003) Abstract 1438
37. Kieffer S.W., and Simonds C.H. The role of volatiles and lithology in the impact cratering process. Rev. Geophys. Space Phys. 18 (1980) 143-181
38. Levison H.F., Morbidelli A., Dones L., Jedicke R., Wiegert P.A., and Bottke W.F. The mass disruption of Oort Cloud comets. Science 296 (2002) 2212-2215
39. Masaitis V.L. Impactites from Popigai crater. In: Dressler B.O., Grieve R.A.F., and Sharpton V.L. (Eds). Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 293 (1994), Geological Society of America, Boulder 153-162
40. Masaitis V.L., and Naumov M.V. Puchezh-Katunki impact crater: Preliminary model of hydrothermal circulation system. Meteoritics 28 (1993) 390
41. Masaitis V.L., Danilin A.N., and Bogomolnaya L.S. Crystallization of impact melt in Boltysh crater. Lunar Planet. Sci. IX (1978) 699-701
42. Masaitis V.L., Naumov M.V., and Mashchak M.S. Original diameter and depth of erosion of the Popigai impact crater, Russia. In: Kenkmann T., Hörz F., and Deutsch A. (Eds). Large Meteorite Impacts III. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 384 (2005), Geological Society of America, Boulder 131-140
43. McCarville P., and Crossey L.J. Post-impact hydrothermal alteration of the Manson impact structure, Manson, Iowa. In: Koeberl C., and Anderson R. (Eds). The Manson Impact Structure. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 302 (1996), Geological Society of America, Boulder 347-376
44. Meech K.J., Hainaut O.R., and Marsden B.G. Comet nucleus size distributions from HST and Keck telescopes. Icarus 170 (2004) 463-491
45. Melosh, H.J., Beyer, R.A., 1998. Crater. An online program for calculating impact crater parameters. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/tekton/crater.html
46. Mojzsis S.J., and Arrhenius G. Phosphates and carbon on Mars: Exobiological implications and sample return considerations. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 28495-28511
47. Morbidelli A., Jedicke R., Bottke W.F., Michel P., and Tedesco E.F. From magnitudes to diameters: The albedo distribution of near Earth objects and the Earth collision hazard. Icarus 158 (2002) 329-342
48. Naumov M.V. Impact-generated hydrothermal systems: Data from Popigai, Kara and Puchezh-Katunki impact structures. In: Plado J., and Pesonen L.J. (Eds). Impacts in Precambrian Shields. Impact Studies Series (2002), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 117-171
49. Near-Earth Object Science Definition Team. Study to Determine the Feasibility of Extending the Search for Near-Earth Objects to Smaller Limiting Diameters (2003), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space Science, Solar System Exploration Division, Washington, DC 154 p
50. Neukum G., Ivanov B., and Hartmann W.K. Cratering records in the inner Solar System in relation to the lunar reference system. Space Sci. Rev. 96 (2001) 55-86
51. Newsom H.E. Hydrothermal alterations of impact melt sheets with implications for Mars. Icarus 44 (1980) 207-216
52. Newsom H.E., Brittelle G.E., Hibbitts C.A., Crossey L.J., and Kudo A.M. Impact crater lakes on Mars. J. Geophys. Res. 101 E6 (1996) 14951-14955
53. Newsom H.E., Hagerty J.J., and Thorsos I.E. Location and sampling of aqueous and hydrothermal deposits in martian impact craters. Astrobiology 1 (2001) 71-88
54. O'Keefe J.D., and Ahrens T.J. Impact-induced melting of planetary surfaces. In: Dressler B.O., Grieve R.A.F., and Sharpton V.L. (Eds). Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 293 (1994), Geological Society of America, Boulder 103-109
55. Olsson-Steel D. Collisions in the Solar System. IV. Cometary impacts upon the planets. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 227 (1987) 501-524
56. Onorato P.I.K., Uhlmann D.R., and Simonds C.H. The thermal history of the Manicouagan impact melt sheet, Quebec. J. Geophys. Res. 83 (1978) 2789-2798
57. Osinski G.R. Impact glasses in fallout suevites, from the Ries impact structure Germany: An analytical SEM study. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 38 (2003) 1641-1667
58. Osinski G.R. Impact melt rocks from the Ries structure, Germany: An origin as impact melt flows?. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 226 (2004) 529-543
59. Osinski G.R., Spray J.G., and Lee P. Impact-induced hydrothermal activity within the Haughton impact structure, Arctic Canada: Generation of a transient, warm, wet oasis. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 36 (2001) 731-745
60. Osinski, G.R., Lee, P., Melosh, H.J., 2004. Hydrothermal deposits within martian impact craters: Significance, location, and sampling strategy. In: Second Conference on Early Mars: Geologic, Hydrologic, and Climatic Evolution and the Implications for Life, October 11-15, 2004, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Abstract 8017
61. Pierazzo E., and Melosh H.J. Melt production in oblique impacts. Icarus 145 (2000) 252-261
62. Pierazzo E., Vickery A.M., and Melosh H.J. A reevaluation of impact melt production. Icarus 127 (1997) 408-423
63. Pierazzo E., Artemieva N.A., and Ivanov B.A. Starting conditions for hydrothermal systems underneath martian craters: Hydrocode modeling. In: Kenkmann T., Hörz F., and Deutsch A. (Eds). Large Meteorite Impacts III. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 384 (2005), Geological Society of America, Boulder 443-457
64. Pilkington M., and Hildebrand A.R. Three-dimensional magnetic imaging of the Chicxulub crater. J. Geophys. Res. 105 B10 (2000) 23479-23491
65. Pohl J., Stoffler D., Gall H., and Ernston K. The Ries impact crater. In: Roddy D.J., Pepin R.O., and Merrill R.B. (Eds). Impact and Explosion Cratering (1977), Pergamon, New York 343-404
66. Pope K.O., Ames D.E., Kieffer S.W., and Ocampo A.C. Impact crater hydrothermal niches for life on Mars: A question of scale. Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration (2000), Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston 253-254 LPI Contribution No. 1062
67. Pope K.O., Kieffer S.W., and Ames D.E. Empirical and theoretical comparisons of the Chicxulub and Sudbury impact structures. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 39 (2004) 97-116
68. Rathbun J.A., and Squyres S.W. Hydrothermal systems associated with martian impact craters. Icarus 157 (2002) 362-372
69. Rebolledo-Vieyra M., and Urrutia-Fucugauchi J. Magnetostratigraphy of the impact breccias and post-impact carbonates from the borehole Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Yucatan, Mexico. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 39 (2004) 821-829
70. Rogers, D.F., Gibson, H.L., Whitehead, R., Checetto, J., Jonasson, I.R., 1995. Structure and metal enrichment in the hanging wall carbonaceous argillites of the Paleoproterozoic Vermilion and Errington Zn-Cu-Pb massive sulfide deposits, Sudbury, Canada. Geological Association of Canada and Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts 20, A90
71. Rousell D.H. Mineralization in the Whitewater Group. In: Pye E.G., Naldrett A.J., and Giblin P.E. (Eds). The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, vol. 1 (1984), Ontario Geological Survey, Ottawa 219-233
72. Rowe A.J., Wilkinson J.J., Coles B.J., and Morgan V. Chicxulub: Testing for post-impact hydrothermal input into the Tertiary ocean. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 39 (2004) 1223-1231
73. Sazonova L., Feldman V., and Korotaeva N. Preliminary estimation of tagamite cooling conditions (Puchezh-Katunki astrobleme, Russia). Lunar Planet. Sci. 24 (1993) 1239-1240
74. Schaal R.B., and Hörz F. Shock metamorphism of lunar and terrestrial basalts. Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 8 (1977) 1697-1729
75. Schmidt R.M., and Housen K.R. Some recent advances in the scaling of impact and explosion cratering. Int. J. Impact Eng. 5 (1987) 543-560
76. Shock E.L. High-temperature life without photosynthesis as a model for Mars. J. Geophys. Res. 102 (1997) 23687-23694
77. Shock E.L., and Schulte M.D. Organic synthesis during fluid mixing in hydrothermal systems. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 28513-28527
78. Shoemaker E.M., Wolfe R.F., and Shoemaker C.F. Asteroid and comet flux in the neighborhood of Earth. In: Sharpton V.L., and Ward P.D. (Eds). Global Catastrophes in Earth History. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 247 (1990), Geological Society of America, Boulder 335-342
79. Simonds C.H., and Kieffer S.W. Impact and volcanism: A momentum scaling law for erosion. J. Geophys. Res. 98 (1993) 14321-14337
80. Sleep N.H., and Zahnle K. Refugia from asteroid impacts on early Mars and the early Earth. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 28529-28544
81. Staudacher Th., Jessberger E.K., Dominik B., Kirsten T., and Schaeffer O.A. 40Ar-39Ar ages of rocks and glasses from the Nördlinger Ries crater and the temperature history of impact breccias. J. Geophys. 51 (1982) 1-11
82. Steel D. Distributions and moments of asteroid and comet impact speeds upon the Earth and Mars. Planet. Space Sci. 46 (1998) 473-478
83. Stetter K.O. The lesson of Archeobacteria. In: Bengtson S. (Ed). Early Life on Earth. Nobel Symposium No. 84 (1994), Columbia Univ. Press, New York 143-151
84. Stetter K.O. Hyperthermophiles in the history of life. In: Bock G., and Goode J. (Eds). Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?) (1996), Wiley & Sons, New York 1-18
85. Stuart J.S., and Binzel R.P. Bias-corrected population, size distribution, and impact hazard for the near-Earth objects. Icarus 170 (2004) 295-311
86. Thorsos I.E., Newsom H.E., and Davies A.G. Availability of heat to drive hydrothermal systems in large martian impact craters. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXII (2001) Abstract 2003
87. Turtle E.P., Pierazzo E., and O'Brien D.P. Numerical modeling of impact heating and cooling of the Vredefort impact structure, Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 38 (2003) 293-303
88. Walter M.R., and Des Marais D.J. Preservation of biological information in thermal spring deposits: Developing a strategy for the search for a fossil record on Mars. Icarus 101 (1993) 129-143
89. Weissman P.R., and Lowry S.C. The size distribution of Jupiter-family cometary nuclei. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXIV (2003) Abstract 2011
90. Werner S.C., Harris A.W., and Neukum G. The near-Earth asteroid size-frequency distribution. A snapshot of the lunar impactor size-frequency distribution. Icarus 156 (2002) 287-290
91. Whitehead J., Grieve R.A.F., and Spray J.G. Mineralogy and petrology of melt rocks from the Popigai impact structure, Siberia. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 37 (2002) 623-647
92. Woese C.R. Bacterial evolution. Microbiol. Rev. 51 (1987) 221-271