NAI
2005 Annual Science Report
University of California, Berkeley
Reporting | JUL 2004 – JUN 2005
Executive Summary
Research and education/outreach efforts of our team center around the question of life detection on Mars. Thus, we have analyzed when and where habitable environments may have formed over Mars’ history. This has included atmospheric chemical studies that have revealed that organic aerosols may have had a larger influence on the climate than previously estimated early in Mars history. Through study of the interaction between Martian geodynamic and hydrologic processes and via modeling, we deduce that features mapped as potential shorelines up to 2 km high could indeed be paleoshorelines from large, vanished oceans. We conclude that Martian landslides in Valles Marineris were probably dry and propose that at least some of the Martian outburst floods were triggered by large impacts. Examination of several terrestrial channels that share features with channels on Mars has ruled out channel formation by groundwater discharge alone. These analyses ... Continue reading.
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Jill Banfield
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
11/2003 - 10/2008 CAN 3 -
Members:
46 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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The History of Evolution of the Martian Surface and Water on Mars
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 1.2 2.1 4.1 -
Iron and Sulfur-Based Biospheres and Their Biosignatures
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
Relationship Between Hydrogeology and Microbiology at Active Springs
This project examines relationship between hydrological and biological diversity within a mesophilic, sufide-rich spring system
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 5.2 7.2
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2005 annual report.
2005 Teams
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
Indiana University, Bloomington
Marine Biological Laboratory
Michigan State University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Pennsylvania State University
SETI Institute
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Rhode Island
University of Washington
Virtual Planetary Laboratory (JPL/CalTech)