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Mars Geological Enigmas: From the Late Noachian Epoch to the
Present Day presents outstanding questions on the geology of Mars
and divergent viewpoints based on varying interpretations and
analyses. The result is a robust and comprehensive discussion that
provides opportunities for planetary scientists to develop their
own opinions and ways forward. Each theme opens with an
introduction that includes background on the topic and lays out
questions to be addressed. Alternate perspectives are covered for
each topic, including methods, observations, analyses, and in-depth
discussion of the conclusions. Chapters within each theme reference
each other to facilitate comparison and deeper understanding of
divergent opinions.
Dynamic Mars: Recent and Current Landscape Evolution of the Red
Planet presents the latest observations, interpretations, and
explanations of geological change at the surface or near-surface of
this terrestrial body. These changes raise questions about a
decades-old paradigm, formed largely in the aftermath of very
coarse Mariner-mission imagery in the 1960s, suggesting that much
of the interesting geological activity on Mars occurred deep in its
past, eons ago. The book includes discussions of (1) Mars'
ever-changing atmosphere and the impact of this on the planet's
surface and near-surface; (2) the possible involvement of water in
relatively new, if not contemporary, gully-like flows and slope
streaks (i.e. recurring slope lineae); and (3) the identification
of a broad suite of agents and processes (i.e. glacial,
periglacial, aeolian, meteorological, volcanic, and meteoric) that
are actively revising surface and near-surface landscapes,
landforms, and features on a local, regional, and hemispheric
scale. Highly illustrated and punctuated by data from the most
recent Mars missions, Dynamic Mars is a valuable resource for all
levels of research in the geological history of Mars, as well as of
the three other terrestrial planets.
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