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Scientific and education field classification
- Field: Scienze della terra
International Patent Classification
- PHYSICS
- MEASURING (counting G06M); TESTING
- GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS (detecting or locating foreign bodies for diagnostic, surgical or person-identification purposes A61B; means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried persons A63B29/02; investigating or analysing earth materials by determining their chemical or physical properties G01N; measuring electric or magnetic variables in general, other than direction or magnitude of the earth\'s field G01R; electronic or nuclear magnetic resonance arrangements G01R33/20; radar, sonar or analogous methods in general, detecting masses or objects involving these methods G01S)
- PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY (reproduction of pictures or patterns by scanning and converting into electrical signals H04N)
- PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrophotography, sensitive layers or processes therefor G03G)
- MEASURING (counting G06M); TESTING
Geographical classification
- Region: Abruzzo
Bibliografia
Bibring, J.P., Langevin, Y., Gendrin, A., Gondet, B., Poulet, F., Berthé, M., Soufflot, A., Arvidson, R., Mangold, N., Mustard, J., Drossart, P., and the OMEGA Team, 2005, Mars surface diversity as revealed by OMEGA/Mars Express observations; Science, v. 307, 1576-1581.Gendrin, A., Mangold, N., Bibring, J-P., Langevin, Y., Gondet, B., Poulet, F., Bonello, G., Quantin, C., Arvidson, R., LeMouélic, 2005, Sulfates in martian layered terrains: the OMEGA/Mars Express view; Science, v. 307, 1587-1591.
Edgett, K.S. and Malin, M.C., 2005, The sedimentary rocks of Meridiani Planum, in context; Lunar and Planetary Science, 36, 1171.pdf
Grotzinger, J.P., Arvidson, R.E., Bell III, J.F., Calvin, W., Clark, B.C., Fike, D.A., Golombek, M., Greely, R., Haldemann, A., Herkenhoff, K.E., Jollif, B.L., Knoll, A.H., Malin, M., McLennan, S.M., Parker, T., Soderblom, L., Sohl-Dickstein, J.N., Squyres, S.W., Tosca, N.J., Watters, W.A., 2005, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a dry to wet eolian depositional system, Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 240, 11-72
Grotzinger, J.P., Arvidson, R.E., Bell III, J.K., Clark, B.C., Farrand, W.H., Herkenhoff, K., Johnson, J.R., Knoll, A.H., McCartney, E., McLennan, S.M., Parker, T., Soderblom, J., Squyres, S.W., Sullivan, R., Tosca, N., and the Athena Science Team, 2006, Sedimentary facies, subaqueous sediment transport, and depositional environment of the Burns formation, Meridiani Planum; Lunar and Planetary Science, 37, 2254.pdf.
Keywords
MARS, PLANETARY GEOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY, SULPHATE DEPOSITS, EVAPORITES, SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, TECTONICSComparative analysis of the sulphate deposits on Mars
Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-PescaraAbstract
The aim of this project is to investigate the geology of the sulphate deposits on Mars. The research work will involve several branches of geology and the final products will be produced by the integration of the different types of observations. The sedimentology of these deposits will be analysed by mean of facies and stratal pattern analysis. The mineralogy will be analysed with the study of the spectral data and the geological context will be investigated analysing the structural and tectonic setting. Moreover, the potentiality of the sulphate deposits to harbour bacterial communities will be investigated.Principal Investigator
Gian Gabriele Ori Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" CHIETI-PESCARAResearch Objectives
Mars Express is the first mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to a planet. The mission has achieved remarkable results and a large number of new data has been brought to Earth. Among the new data made available to the community by the mission the identification of sulphate deposits at the surface of Mars has been one of the most important. The data have been collected by the instrument OMEGA and consist of spectral cubes represented at the surface by maps of various spectral signature with a resolution of 2 km/pixel. The spectral maps matched with the HRSC stereo images provide a first hand brand new data set that can support detailed and compelling interpretation of the geology of the planet.The sulphate deposits on Mars and their analysis is a window open toward the understanding of the hydrological cycle and the paleoclimate of the Planet. The sulphate deposition is strongly dependent on (i) the availability of water at the surface and in the subsurface (ii) the storing and transfer mechanism of water, (iii) the climatic and atmospheric conditions, (iv) the structure of the crust and the basin formation, (v) the volcanic activity. The investigation will provide clues on the geological and environmental variables governing the hydrological cycle and the boundary conditions. The understanding of the evolution of the hydrological cycle and of the paleoclimates is a key element for the reconstruction of the geological evolution of the planet >>>
Timescale
24 monthsNational and international background
The planetary exploration in Italy and EuropeItaly and Europe have started a strong and complex programme for the exploration of Mars. After Mars Express (the first European –ESA- mission to a planet) the European Space Agency (ESA) has set the Aurora Exploration Programme. Italy is strongly involved in both Mars Express and the Exploration Programme. Moreover, Italy is also collaborating directly with NASA: the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is now in orbit around Mars and has on board the subsurface-penetrating radar SHARAD.
The background aim of this project is to take full advantage of this host of activities. Planetary geology is in its infancy in Europe and Italy and the mass of geoscientists working in this field is smaller compared to the current and future programme of exploration of Mars and the other bodies of the Solar System. However, the geological community in Italy and in Europe show a growing interest for the exploration of Mars and of the entire Solar System. It is now clear to the geological community that the analysis of Mars (as well as the analysis of the bodies of the Solar System) requires a strong involvement of geological concepts and activities. The main goal of proposed project is to investigate the geological and paleontological settings of the sulphate recently discovered on Mars. However, the subject of the project is not merely the analysis of a lithology at the surface of the planet. The sulphates are a key >>>
