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Science goals for a Mars Polar Cap subsurface mission : optical approaches for investigations of inclusions in iceThe Mars Polar Caps are highly interesting features of Mars and have received much recent attention with new and exciting data on morphology, basal units, and layered outcroppings. We have examined the climatological, glaciological, and geological issues associated with a subsurface exploration of the Mars North Polar Cap and have determined that a finescale optical examination of ice in a borehole, to examine the stratigraphy, geochemistry and geochronology of the ice, is feasible. This information will enable reconstruction of the development of the cap as well as prediction of the properties of its ice. We present visible imagery taken of dust inclusions in archived Greenland ice cores as well as in-situ images of accreted lithologic inclusions in West Antarctica, and we argue for use of this kind of data in Mars climate reconstruction as has been successful with Greenland and Antarctic ice core analysis. .
Document ID
20060044215
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Carsey, Frank
Mogensen, Claus T.
Behar, Alberto
Engelhardt, Hermann
Lane, Arthur L.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
August 26, 2002
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Physical and Mechanical Process in Ice
Location: Chamonix
Country: France
Start Date: August 26, 2006
End Date: August 30, 2006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
scattering
dust
glaciology

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