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P.G. Mahaffy
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 1
Citations - 544
P.G. Mahaffy is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fluvial & Impact crater. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 405 citations.
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Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.
John P. Grotzinger,Sanjeev Gupta,Michael C. Malin,David M. Rubin,Juergen Schieber,Kirsten L. Siebach,Dawn Y. Sumner,K. Stack,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Raymond E. Arvidson,Fred Calef,Lauren A. Edgar,W.F. Fischer,John A. Grant,J. L. Griffes,Linda C. Kah,Michael P. Lamb,Kevin W. Lewis,Nicolas Mangold,Michelle E. Minitti,Marisa C. Palucis,Melissa S. Rice,Rebecca M. E. Williams,R. A. Yingst,David F. Blake,Diana L. Blaney,Pamela G. Conrad,Joy A. Crisp,William E. Dietrich,Gilles Dromart,Kenneth S. Edgett,Ryan C. Ewing,R. Gellert,Joel A. Hurowitz,Gary Kocurek,P.G. Mahaffy,Marie J. McBride,Scott M. McLennan,Michael A. Mischna,Douglas W. Ming,Ralph E. Milliken,H. E. Newsom,Dorothy Z. Oehler,T. J. Parker,David T. Vaniman,Roger C. Wiens,Sharon A. Wilson +46 more
TL;DR: The observations suggest that individual lakes were stable on the ancient surface of Mars for 100 to 10,000 years, a minimum duration when each lake was stable both thermally (as liquid water) and in terms of mass balance (with inputs effectively matching evaporation and loss of water to colder regions).