Research Project - Evolution of Shorelines on Mars

A new study recently begun by CEPS researchers involves testing whether some features on Mars may be remnant shorelines formed in oceans that once may have flooded the northern lowlands of Mars. The Mars Fundamental Research Program of NASA funds research that combines studies of features on Earth to improve our understanding of how features on Mars may have formed. Funding was obtained in early 2003 to carry out an Earth-Mars comparison of the topography of shoreline features. This work also involves dealing with the question of when the spatial resolution of data are sufficient to answer various scientific questions about the origin of the features. The abstract describes the work that is just being started, as well as some ways that the concepts may be made more accessible to both students and visitors to NASM, from a presentation made at the 34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas.
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