The Holy Grail: A road map for unlocking the climate record stored within Mars' polar layered deposits

IB Smith, PO Hayne, S Byrne, P Becerra… - Planetary and space …, 2020 - Elsevier
In its polar layered deposits (PLD), Mars possesses a record of its recent climate, analogous
to terrestrial ice sheets containing climate records on Earth. Each PLD is greater than 2​ km …

Grid mapping the northern plains of Mars: A new overview of recent water‐and ice‐related landforms in Acidalia Planitia

C Orgel, E Hauber, S van Gasselt… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We used a grid‐mapping technique to analyze the distribution of 13 water‐and ice‐related
landforms in Acidalia Planitia as part of a joint effort to study the three main basins in the …

[HTML][HTML] Science results from sixteen years of MRO SHARAD operations

NE Putzig, R Seu, GA Morgan, IB Smith, BA Campbell… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
In operation for> 16 years to date, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Shallow Radar
(SHARAD) sounder has acquired data at its nominal 300–450 m along-track and 3-km cross …

An ice age recorded in the polar deposits of Mars

IB Smith, NE Putzig, JW Holt, RJ Phillips - Science, 2016 - science.org
Layered ice deposits at the poles of Mars record a detailed history of accumulation and
erosion related to climate processes. Radar investigations measure these layers and …

Three-dimensional radar imaging of structures and craters in the Martian polar caps

NE Putzig, IB Smith, MR Perry, FJ Foss II, BA Campbell… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, observations acquired by the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) sounder on
individual passes of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed the internal structure …

Polar science results from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Multiwavelength, multiyear insights

ME Landis, PJ Acharya, NR Alsaeed, C Andres… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), with its arrival in 2006 and nearly continuous
operation since, has provided data for the study of martian polar processes spanning nine …

Radar reflectivity as a proxy for the dust content of individual layers in the Martian north polar layered deposits

DE Lalich, JW Holt, IB Smith - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The stratigraphy of the north polar layered deposits (NPLD) of Mars is believed to contain a
climate record of the recent Amazonian period. However, full utilization of this record is …

3D imaging of Mars' polar ice caps using orbital radar data

FJ Foss, NE Putzig, BA Campbell… - The Leading …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Since its arrival in early 2006, various instruments aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter (MRO) have been collecting a variety of scientific and engineering data from orbit …

Grid mapping the Northern Plains of Mars: Using morphotype and distribution of ice‐related landforms to understand multiple ice‐rich deposits in Utopia Planitia

A Séjourné, F Costard, ZM Swirad… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This work in Utopia Planitia is the first continuous regional mapping of ice‐related
landforms integrated into an effort to study the three main basins (Arcadia, Acidalia, and …

Ice-rich landforms of the southern mid-latitudes of Mars: a case study in Nereidum Montes

DC Berman, FC Chuang, IB Smith, DA Crown - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mapping of Viscous Flow Features (VFFs), a general grouping of ice-rich flow
features that includes Lobate Debris Aprons (LDA), Concentric Crater Fill (CCF), Lineated …