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Are there carbonate deposits in the Valles Marineris, Mars?The precipitation of 30 mbar of Martian atmosphere CO2 as carbonates in lakes is suggested to be the source of thick sequences of layered deposits found in the Valles Marineris. Support is adduced for this scenario from processes occurring in the perennially frozen dry valley lakes of Antarctica, where the lake water is supersaturated with atmospheric gases. Atmospheric CO2 would have accumulated in such Martian lakes as temperatures fell, and the presence of an insulating ice cover would have allowed liquid water to exist.
Document ID
19880037745
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mckay, Christopher P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Nedell, Susan S.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 73
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
88A24972
Distribution Limits
Public
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