Stratigraphy and Geologic History of the InSight Landing Site, Mars

Warner, N. and Golombek, M. and Ansan, V. and Marteau, E. and Williams, N. and Grant, J.A. and Hauber, E. and Weitz, C. and Wilson, S. and Piqueux, S. and Mueller, N.T. and Grott, M. and Daubar, I. and Garvin, J. and Charalambous, C. and Baker, M. and Banks, M. (2022) Stratigraphy and Geologic History of the InSight Landing Site, Mars. 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2022-03-07 - 2022-03-11, Houston, USA.

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Abstract

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to Mars landed on a Hesperian to Early Amazonian age, regolith-covered, basaltic lava plain, dubbed Smooth Terrain, in western Elysium Planitia. The lander rests within a ~27-m-diameter, degraded impact crater called Homestead hollow. Understanding the local stratigraphy has implications for shallow seismic velocity measurements from the mission’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure instrument (SEIS), thermal conductivity and soil porosity estimates from the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3), and thermal inertia and conductivity measurements from the onboard Radiometer (RAD).

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https://elib.dlr.de/190614/

Document Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)

Title:

Stratigraphy and Geologic History of the InSight Landing Site, Mars

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Warner, N.	SUNY at Geneseo	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Golombek, M.	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1928-2293	UNSPECIFIED
Ansan, V.	Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, LPGN/CNRS, Université Nantes	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Marteau, E.	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Williams, N.	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Grant, J.A.	Smithsonian Institute, Washington, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hauber, E.	ernst.hauber (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1375-304X	UNSPECIFIED
Weitz, C.	Planetary Science Institute	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wilson, S.	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Piqueux, S.	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA, 91109)	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mueller, N.T.	nils.mueller (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9229-8921	UNSPECIFIED
Grott, M.	Matthias.Grott (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-7096	UNSPECIFIED
Daubar, I.	Brown University, Providence, RI, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Garvin, J.	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Charalambous, C.	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, UK	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Baker, M.	Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Banks, M.	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2022

Refereed publication:

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

In ISI Web of Science:

Volume:

2678

Page Range:

p. 2453

Series Name:

LPI Contributions

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Mars, Regolith, stratigraphy, geologic history

Event Title:

53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Event Location:

Houston, USA

Event Type:

international Conference

Event Start Date:

7 March 2022

Event End Date:

11 March 2022

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project InSight - HP3

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geology
Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Physics
Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Sensor Systems

Deposited By:

Müller, Nils

Deposited On:

23 Nov 2022 13:15

Last Modified:

17 Jun 2024 12:31

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