An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives

J. M. Dohm; H. Miyamoto; G. G. Ori; A. G. Fairén; A. F. Davila; G. Komatsu; W. C. Mahaney; J. P. Williams; S. B. Joye; G. Di Achille; D. Z. Oehler; G. A. Marzo; D. Schulze-Makuch; V. Acocella; M. Glamoclija; M. Pondrelli; P. Boston; K. M. Hart; R. C. Anderson; V. R. Baker; W. Fink; B. P. Kelleher; R. Furfaro; C. Gross; T. M. Hare; A. R. Frazer; F. Ip; C. C.R. Allen; K. J. Kim; S. Maruyama; P. C. McGuire; D. Netoff; J. Parnell; L. Wendt; S. J. Wheelock; A. Steele; R. G.V. Hancock; R. A. Havics; P. Costa; D. Krinsley

doi:10.1130/2011.2483(21)

An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives

J. M. Dohm^* (Corresponding Author)
, H. Miyamoto
, G. G. Ori
, A. G. Fairén
, A. F. Davila
, G. Komatsu
, W. C. Mahaney
, J. P. Williams
, S. B. Joye
, G. Di Achille
, D. Z. Oehler
, G. A. Marzo
, D. Schulze-Makuch
, V. Acocella
, M. Glamoclija
, M. Pondrelli
, P. Boston
, K. M. Hart
, R. C. Anderson
, V. R. Baker

W. Fink, B. P. Kelleher, R. Furfaro, C. Gross, T. M. Hare, A. R. Frazer, F. Ip, C. C.R. Allen, K. J. Kim, S. Maruyama, P. C. McGuire, D. Netoff, J. Parnell, L. Wendt, S. J. Wheelock, A. Steele, R. G.V. Hancock, R. A. Havics, P. Costa, D. Krinsley

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The University of Tokyo
Gabriele d'Annunzio University
NASA Ames Research Center
SETI Institute
Chiba Institute of Technology
Quaternary Surveys
California Institute of Technology
Ashima Research
University of Georgia
University of Colorado Boulder
NASA Johnson Space Center
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Washington State University Pullman
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Dublin City University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Free University of Berlin
United States Geological Survey
Queen's University Belfast
Pima County Flood Control District
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Tokyo Institute of Technology
The University of Chicago
Sam Houston State University
McMaster University
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University of Lisbon
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Abstract

On Earth, biology, hydrology, and geology are interlinked such that certain types of life are often associated with specifi c conditions, including rock type, pressure, temperature, and chemistry. Life on Earth has established itself in diverse and extreme niches, presenting the possibility that Mars, too, may hold records of fossilized and/or extant life in diverse environments. Geologic, paleohydrologic, and climatic conditions through the evolution of Mars are similar in many respects to conditions occurring during the evolution of Earth and, as such, may point to environments on Mars with potential to have supported living systems. Here, we discuss examples of those Martian settings. Such extraterrestrial environments should be targeted by international robotic and/or manned missions to explore potential fossilized or extant life on Mars.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Analogs for Planetary Exploration
Editors	W. Brent Garry, Jacob R. Bleacher
Publisher	Geological Society of America
Chapter	21
Pages	317-347
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Print)	9780813724836
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1130/2011.2483(21)
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011

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Name	Special Paper of the Geological Society of America
Volume	483
ISSN (Print)	0072-1077

Bibliographical note

J.M. Dohm was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mars Data Analysis Program and the University of Tokyo, Japan, W.C. Mahaney was supported by funds from Quaternary Surveys, Toronto, S.B. Joye was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, and C. Gross and L. Wendt were supported by the Helmholtz Association through the research alliance: Planetary Evolution and Life. B.P. Kelleher and K.M. Hart were supported by the Science Foundation of Ireland and the Irish Environmental Protection Agency. We are grateful to Justin C. Ferris for his constructive reviews, which resulted in a significant improvement of the manuscript, and the inputs of an anonymous reviewer, which also contributed positively to the manuscript.

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Dohm, J. M., Miyamoto, H., Ori, G. G., Fairén, A. G., Davila, A. F., Komatsu, G., Mahaney, W. C., Williams, J. P., Joye, S. B., Di Achille, G., Oehler, D. Z., Marzo, G. A., Schulze-Makuch, D., Acocella, V., Glamoclija, M., Pondrelli, M., Boston, P., Hart, K. M., Anderson, R. C., ... Krinsley, D. (2011). An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives. In W. B. Garry, & J. R. Bleacher (Eds.), Analogs for Planetary Exploration (pp. 317-347). (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America; Vol. 483). Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/2011.2483(21)

An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives. / Dohm, J. M. (Corresponding Author); Miyamoto, H.; Ori, G. G. et al.
Analogs for Planetary Exploration. ed. / W. Brent Garry; Jacob R. Bleacher. Geological Society of America, 2011. p. 317-347 (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America; Vol. 483).

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Dohm, JM, Miyamoto, H, Ori, GG, Fairén, AG, Davila, AF, Komatsu, G, Mahaney, WC, Williams, JP, Joye, SB, Di Achille, G, Oehler, DZ, Marzo, GA, Schulze-Makuch, D, Acocella, V, Glamoclija, M, Pondrelli, M, Boston, P, Hart, KM, Anderson, RC, Baker, VR, Fink, W, Kelleher, BP, Furfaro, R, Gross, C, Hare, TM, Frazer, AR, Ip, F, Allen, CCR, Kim, KJ, Maruyama, S, McGuire, PC, Netoff, D, Parnell, J, Wendt, L, Wheelock, SJ, Steele, A, Hancock, RGV, Havics, RA, Costa, P & Krinsley, D 2011, An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives. in WB Garry & JR Bleacher (eds), Analogs for Planetary Exploration. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, vol. 483, Geological Society of America, pp. 317-347. https://doi.org/10.1130/2011.2483(21)

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