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Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars

Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Gulick, V. C., Kargel, J. S., Komatsu, G., Kale, V. S.·1991·Nature

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Utopia Basin, Mars: Characterization of topography and morphology and assessment of the origin and evolution of basin internal structure
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Combinations of processes responsible for Martian impact crater “layered ejecta structures” emplacement
Komatsu, G., Ori, G. G., Lorenzo, S. D., Rossi, A. P., & Neukum, G. (2007) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2006je002787 · Cited by 79
“In the case of the northern hemisphere, also large amounts of unconsolidated sediments derived from the Tharsis bulge and the southern highlands may have accumulated [e.g., Lucchitta et al., 1986; Baker et al., 1991; Tanaka, 1997; Head et al., 1999].”
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An Evaporation Model for Formation of Carbonates in the ALH84001 Martian Meteorite
Mcsween, H. Y., & Harvey, R. P. (1998) · International Geology Review · doi:10.1080/00206819809465238 · Cited by 79
A case for ancient evaporite basins on Mars
Forsythe, R. D., & Zimbelman, J. R. (1995) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/95je00325 · Cited by 78
Exobiology, the study of the origin, evolution and distribution of life within the context of cosmic evolution: a review
Horneck, G. (1995) · Planetary and Space Science · doi:10.1016/0032-0633(94)00190-3 · Cited by 78
Outgassed Water on Mars: Constraints from Melt Inclusions in SNC Meteorites
McSWEEN, H. Y., Jr., & HARVEY, R. P. (1993) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.259.5103.1890 · Cited by 77
Interior layered deposits of Valles Marineris, Mars: analogous subice volcanism related to Baikal Rifting, Southern Siberia
Komatsu, G., Ori, G. G., Ciarcelluti, P., & Litasov, Y. (2003) · Planetary and Space Science · doi:10.1016/j.pss.2003.08.003 · Cited by 76
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Control of impact crater fracture systems on subsurface hydrology, ground subsidence, and collapse, Mars
Rodriguez, J. A. P., Sasaki, S., Dohm, J. M., Tanaka, K. L., Strom, B., Kargel, J. S., Kuzmin, R. O., Miyamoto, H., SPRAY, J. G., Fairén, A. G., et al. (2005) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2004je002365 · Cited by 76
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Episodic Ocean-Induced CO2Greenhouse on Mars: Implications for Fluvial Valley Formation
Gulick, V. C., Tyler, D., McKay, C. P., & Haberle, R. M. (1997) · Icarus · doi:10.1006/icar.1997.5802 · Cited by 76
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Stratigraphy and erosional landforms of layered deposits in Valles Marineris, Mars
Komatsu, G., Geissler, P. E., STROM, R. G., & Singer, R. B. (1993) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/93je00537 · Cited by 75
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Quantifying geological processes on Mars—Results of the high resolution stereo camera (HRSC) on Mars express
Ralf Jaumann, E., Tirsch, D., Hauber, E., Ansan, V., Achille, G. D., Erkeling, G., Fueten, F., Head, J. W., III, Kleinhans, M. G., Mangold, N., et al. (2015) · Planetary and Space Science · doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.029 · Cited by 73
Paucity of candidate coastal constructional landforms along proposed shorelines on Mars: Implications for a northern lowlands-filling ocean
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Geology of Xanthe Terra outflow channels and the Mars Pathfinder landing site
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New Martian valley network volume estimate consistent with ancient ocean and warm and wet climate
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Mars: a review and synthesis of general environments and geological settings of magma-H 2 O interactions
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Elysium‐Utopia flows as mega‐lahars: A model of dike intrusion, cryosphere cracking, and water‐sediment release
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The role of vaterite and aragonite in the formation of pseudo-biogenic carbonate structures: implications for Martian exobiology.
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Mars: Formation and fate of a frozen Hesperian ocean
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“The possibility that the northern plains of Mars could have once contained ocean-sized bodies of water has long been recognized (e.g. Baker et al., 1991; Lucchitta et al., 1986; Parker et al., 1989, 1993).”
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Episodes of floods in Mangala Valles, Mars, from the analysis of HRSC, MOC and THEMIS images
Basilevsky, A. T., Neukum, G., Werner, S. C., Dumke, A., van Gasselt, S., Kneissl, T., Zuschneid, W., Rommel, D., Wendt, L., Chapman, M. G., et al. (2008) · Planetary and Space Science · doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.023 · Cited by 70
Review of hydrothermal processes and systems on Earth and implications for Martian analogues
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“…view is that Martian water is now present as ground ice and permafrost (cryosphere), because liquid water would be unstable on the Martian surface (Carr 1996a, b), although it is possible that in the past it may have existed on the surface and may even have formed oceans (Baker et al. 1991).”
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Searching for evidence of hydrothermal activity at Apollinaris Mons, Mars
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Potential desiccation cracks on Mars: A synthesis from modeling, analogue-field studies, and global observations
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Styles and timing of volatile‐driven activity in the eastern Hellas region of Mars
Crown, D. A., Bleamaster, L. F., & Mest, S. C. (2005) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2005je002496 · Cited by 64
“Additional diverse interpretations of the geology of the basin interior include widespread glaciation [Kargel and Strom, 1992; see also Baker et al., 1991 ] and, most recently, evidence in high-resolution images for ice-covered lakes [Moore and Wilhelms, 2001].”
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Channels and valleys on Mars: cold climate features formed as a result of a thickening cryosphere
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THARSIS SUPERPLUME AND THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF EARLY MARS
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Thermal Conductivity of Solar System Ices, with Special Reference to Martian Polar Caps
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Geological Processes and Evolution
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Initiation of Martian outflow channels: Related to the dissociation of gas hydrate?
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Geological evolution of Ares Vallis on Mars: Formation by multiple events of catastrophic flooding, glacial and periglacial processes
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“In fact, water vapor and carbon dioxide/methane 633 gases liberated into the Martian atmosphere by degassing during outflow events could have induced a short-634 term greenhouse effect (Baker et al., 1991; Gulick et al., 1997; Baker, 2001).”
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A refined chronology of catastrophic outflow events in Ares Vallis, Mars
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Authors: Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Gulick, V. C., Kargel, J. S., Komatsu, G., & Kale, V. S.
Affiliations: University of Arizona (US)
Savitribai Phule Pune University (IN)
ORCID: Baker, V. R.
Gulick, V. C.
Kargel, J. S.
Komatsu, G.
Kale, V. S.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1991-08
Volume: 352
Issue: 6336
Pages: 589-594
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/352589a0
OpenAlex: W2019919661
Cited by: 714
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 21
FWCI: 21.03
Type: journal article
Language: en
Update notices: correction (1991-11-07)
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Planetary Science and Exploration
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Astro and Planetary Science
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Geological formations and processes
Keywords: Mars, ancient oceans, ice sheets, water cycle, valley networks, Tharsis volcanism, glaciation, Northern Plains, Southern Highlands, Martian paleoclimate

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