New Studies of Clay Formation Provide Clues about Early Martian Climate PRESS RELEASE DATE Apr 17, 2018 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI 189 Bernardo Ave., Suite 200 Mountain View, CA 94043 rmcdonald@seti.org www.seti.org Monday,...
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New Studies of Clay Formation Provide Clues about Early Martian Climate PRESS RELEASE DATE Apr 17, 2018 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI 189 Bernardo Ave., Suite 200 Mountain View, CA 94043 rmcdonald@seti.org www.seti.org Monday, February 05 2018 - 10:00 am, PST February 5, 2018, Mountain View, CA -- New research published in Nature Astron- omy seeks to understand how surface clay was formed on Mars despite its cold climate. The climate on early Mars has presented an enigma for planetary scientists because surface features such as valley networks indicate abundant liquid water was present and the clay minerals found in most ancient surface rocks need even warmer tem- peratures to form, while atmospheric models generally support a cold climate on early Mars. This new study led by Janice Bishop of the SETI Institute and NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley has addressed this question by investigating the conditions needed for the formation of the ancient
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