The New Mars Underground VIII: Maximizing Martian Subsurface Science Return

Ortiz, John

P041
The New Mars Underground VIII: Maximizing Martian Subsurface Science Return

Session ID#: 249775

Session Description:

Exploration of the martian subsurface is proceeding resolutely, driven by multiple extended missions, preparation for Mars Sample Return, and prioritization of the ExoMars rover and human exploration as outlined in the Decadal Survey. Maximizing scientific return through beneficial interdisciplinary collaboration is more essential than ever. This exploration follows four key themes: 1) physical, chemical, and thermodynamic properties of Mars’ interior, 2) the distribution and stability of liquid water and ice inventories using novel and Earth-based methods, 3) the provenance, cycling, and isotopic composition of bio-relevant trace gasses, and 4) identification of habitable “refugia environments” where conditions could feasibly support an extant biosphere. For the eighth “New Mars Underground”, we invite abstracts that advance these themes, particularly those that integrate remote sensing, modeling, terrestrial analogs/synthetic samples, and mission concept development to illuminate the scientific value that the martian subsurface represents for planetary evolution, comparative planetology, and development of habitable environments.

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H - Hydrology

Index Terms:

5455 Origin and evolution [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6207 Comparative planetology [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6225 Mars [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6297 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Primary Convener: John P Ortiz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Security Earth Science Group, Los Alamos, United States

Conveners: David G Burtt, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Dr. Yu-Feng Forrest Lin, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States and Julian matthews Chesnutt, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States

Student/Early Career Convener: Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Princeton University, Princeton, United States

Constraining the Timing of Fault Activity on Mars Using Syn-Tectonic Craters (1860058)

Caleb Becker-Schwartz, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Hannes Bernhardt, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, United States

Hydrothermal Alteration of Basaltic Parent Minerals in Lake Kleifarvatn, Iceland, Indicates a Suitable Earth Analog for a Potentially Habitable Gale Crater, Mars (1864996)

Vanessa Alfonso¹, Timothy D Glotch², Michael Thorpe^3,4, Amy J Williams⁵, Vaughn Hamill⁵ and Roy E Price⁶, (1)Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook, United States, (2)Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt , MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (5)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States, (6)Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States

Deciphering the mechanisms of Jarosite Formation and Preservation in Western Kutch, India: A Multiproxy Approach with Martian Insights (1873851)

Sayantan Guha and Shiba Shankar Acharya, Presidency University, Department of Geology, Kolkata, India

How important is the incoherent portion of echoes in planetary radar sounding data? (Invited) (1874171)

Dustin M Schroeder, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, United States

Enhancing Understanding of Martian Subsurface Sulfate through Structural Analysis of Amorphous Sulfates at Low-Temperatures (1880784)

Reed Hopkins, Lars Ehm and Deanne Rogers, Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States

The First Deep Underground Mars Exploration Will Be by A Drone in a Cave (Invited) (1891350)

Roger C Wiens¹, Patrick James Gasda², Michael Zanetti³, Walter King³, Anupam K Misra⁴ and Noah Martin⁵, (1)Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (3)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States, (4)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States

ARRAKIS Life Detection in Frozen Dunes: Early Results and Implications for the Search for Life in Subterranean Mars (1892951)

Dr. Charity M Phillips-Lander, PhD¹, Dylan Parmenter², Mauricio Flores³, Patrick Henderson⁴, David Wendt⁵, Jani Radebaugh⁶, Cynthia Dinwiddie⁵ and ARRAKIS, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Space Science, San Antonio, United States, (4)Arctic Wild, Fairbanks, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute, Space Science Division, San Antonio, United States, (6)Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States

Spatial and Temporal Ice Accumulation from Vapor Transport in Subsurface Mars (1901145)

John Steven Selker, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, United States

SHIELD: Sterilizing using Heat and Infrared Emitting LED Device, in-situ sterilization to preserve sample fidelity on Mars. (1902078)

Jack Schultz, Leo Stolov and Emily Seto, Honeybee Robotics-Blue Origin, Altadena, United States

Tharsis Extraction as a Driver for Temporal Variations in Mantle-Derived Magmas and Their Source (1930708)

Levben Parsons, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Benjamin A Black, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, United States and Robert I Citron, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, United States

The case for a subsurface biosphere on Mars (1968063)

Haley M Sapers, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States and Ranjani Murali, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States

Macromolecular Organic and Lipid Preservation within Planetary Analog Regolith Evaporites (1977792)

Scott M Perl¹, Mary Beth Wilhelm², Jennifer L Eigenbrode³, Kimberly Warren-Rhodes⁴, Floyd Nichols⁵, Anna Simpson⁶, Erin F Gibbons⁷, Carina Lee⁸, Kennda Lynch⁹, William Abbey¹⁰, Antonio J. Ricco¹¹, Jared Shimada¹², Cagn Walker¹¹ and Ellen Cook², (1)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, United States, (5)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (6)Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Greenbelt, United States, (8)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States, (9)NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States, (10)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (11)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (12)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States

Mineralogical complexity and elemental abundance may serve as proxies for life in martian rocks (1997235)

Jeffrey J Marlow, Boston University, Boston, United States, Federica Calabrese, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, Ryan S Jakubek, Jacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States, Doug LaRowe, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, United States, Aaron Benjamin Regberg, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States and Heather Graham, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar System Exploration Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Transient Groundwater Modeling Suggests Extremely Punctuated Early Mars Climate (1998231)

Eric Hiatt, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, Sean P S Gulick, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, Timothy A Goudge, University of Texas at Austin, Providence, United States and Marc A Hesse, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States

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The New Mars Underground VIII: Maximizing Martian Subsurface Science Return