Halos on Mars Could Mean a Longer Life-Friendly Past
Abstract
Lighter-toned bedrock that surrounds fractures and comprises high concentrations of silica—called “halos”—has been found in Gale crater on Mars, indicating that the planet had liquid water much longer than previously believed.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1369039
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 58 GEOSCIENCES; 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; LANL; MARS; CURIOSITY ROVER; LIQUID WATER; SILICA; BEDROCK; HALOS; NASA; CHEMCAM
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. Halos on Mars Could Mean a Longer Life-Friendly Past. United States: N. p., 2017.
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"Halos on Mars Could Mean a Longer Life-Friendly Past". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1369039.
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abstractNote = {Lighter-toned bedrock that surrounds fractures and comprises high concentrations of silica—called “halos”—has been found in Gale crater on Mars, indicating that the planet had liquid water much longer than previously believed.},
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