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Author:   Nathalie A. Cabrol (SETI Carl Sagan Center/NASA Ames Research Center, USA) ,  Edmond A. Grin (SETI Carl Sagan Center/NASA Ames Research Center, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Weight:   0.460kg
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9780444638328

ISBN 10:   0444638326
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   19 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introductory Note (N.A. Cabrol). List of Acronyms. Foreword (Victor Baker). 1. Searching for Lakes on Mars: Three Decades of Exploration (N.A. Cabrol, E.A. Grin). 2. Acquisition and History of Water on Mars (M.H. Carr, J.W. Head). 3. Hydrologic Provinces on Mars: Physiographic Control on Drainage and Ponding (R.A. De Hon). 4. Heated Lakes on Mars (H.E. Newsom). 5. Lakes in Valles Marineris (B.K. Lucchitta). 6. Episodic Ponding and Outburst Flooding Associated with Chaotic Terrain in Valles Marineris (K. Harrison, M. Chapman). 7. Evidence for Ancient Lakes in the Hellas Region (S. Wilson, J.M. Moore, A. Howard, D. E. Wilhems). 8. Deltas and Valley Networks on Mars: Implications for a Global Hydrosphere (G. Di Achille, B.M. Hynek). 9. The Northern Plains: A Martian Oceanic Basin? (T.J. Parker, J.A. Grant, B.J. Franklin). 10. The Western Elysium Planitia Paleolake (M.R. Balme, C.J. Callagher, D.P. Page, J.B. Murray, J.-P. Muller, J.-R Kim). 11. The Sedimentary Record of Modern and Ancient Dry Lakes (G.G. Ori). 12. Aqueous Depositional Settings in Holden Crater, Mars, J.A. Grant, R.P. Irvin, III, S.A. Wilson). 13. Dynamics of Declining Lake Habitat in a Changing Climate (N.A. Cabrol, E.A. Grin). Index

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Cabrol is the Principal Investigator of the SETI Institute team that was selected by the NASA Astrobiology Institute in October 2014 to lead a 5-year project entitled: Changing Planetary Environments and the Fingerprints of Life. See: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/teams/can-7/seti/ The project is about the search for habitability and life on Mars leading to the Mars 2020 mission. Additionally, as of August 7th 2015, Cabrol became the Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, leading the science for multidisciplinary research scientists who search for life beyond Earth from prebiotic chemistry, to the exploration of the Solar System, the exoplanets, and the search for technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. Grin has an academic background in hydrogeology, and for 30 years worked on dam and hydropower projects. His familiarity with the characteristics of lakes and rivers on Earth makes him especially valuable when it comes to looking for similar features on Mars, where NASA’s exploration strategy has been to “follow the water.” Grin, together with his wife, Cabrol, championed Gusev crater – an apparent lake basin – as the landing site for the Spirit rover. A new three-year project in which Grin is involved, called “Life in the Atacama”, will demonstrate that autonomous robot rovers can reliably detect primitive microorganisms. The rovers will be field tested in Chile’s Atacama desert, an earthly analog for the landscapes of Mars.

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