The Importance of the Climate Record in the Martian Polar Layered Deposits
Whitepaper #144 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: surface/geological evolution; Mars; other science themes: Cryosphere and ice
by Patricio Becerra, Ali Bramson, Adrian Brown, Shane Byrne, Andrea Coronato, Serina Diniega, Anna Grau Galofre, Paul Hayne, Briony Horgan, Christine Hvidberg, Margaret Landis, Rachel W. Obbard, Alyssa Pascuzzo, Jeffrey J. Plaut, Ganna Portyankina, Nathaniel Putzig, Jorge Rabassa, Isaac Smith, Michael Sori, Leslie Tamppari, Nicolas Thomas, and Jennifer Whitten
Published onMar 18, 2021
The Importance of the Climate Record in the Martian Polar Layered Deposits
This white paper focuses on the importance of the continued study of the stratigraphic record of climate in the Martian polar ice sheets with follow-on missions. The goal of these studies is to read the only other known detailed climate record on any planet besides Earth, which has profound implications for our understanding of planetary climates.
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