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Assessing the role of clay and salts on the origin of MARSIS basal bright reflections

Claudia Avellaneda
- 01 Feb 2022 - 
- Vol. 579, pp 117370-117370
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In this paper , it was shown that perchlorates and chlorides brines exhibit a strong dielectric response at much lower temperatures than other materials and therefore do not generate strong basal reflections at MARSIS frequencies and Martian temperatures.
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This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 2022-02-01. It has received 10 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Geology & Basal (medicine).

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Using MARSIS signal attenuation to assess the presence of South Polar Layered Deposit subglacial brines

TL;DR: In this article , the authors presented a detailed analysis of attenuation, based on data acquired by MARSIS at 3, 4, and 5 MHz, and showed that attenuation is frequency dependent, and that its behavior is consistent throughout the entire region.
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The stability of a liquid-water body below the south polar cap of Mars

TL;DR: In this paper , a new depth to the bright reflector between 1.3 and 1.5 km was obtained by using a temperature dependent relative permittivity for the water ice and taking into account the dust content in the area.
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Geologic Context of the Bright MARSIS Reflectors in Ultimi Scopuli, South Polar Layered Deposits, Mars

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors mapped the surface of the South Polar Layered Deposits (SPLD) immediately above and surrounding the putative lakes (1:2M map scale) in order to provide geologic context for interpretation of the bright basal reflectors.
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Can Clay Mimic the High Reflectivity of Briny Water Below the Martian SPLD?

TL;DR: In this article , it was shown that even for a large water content in the clay sample, at 230 K and 4 MHz, the apparent permittivity is only 8.4, dropping to 4.1 at 200 K, ruling out clays as a possible source of the bright reflections detected by MARSIS at the base of the SPLD.
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Surface topographic impact of subglacial water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars

TL;DR: In this article , the surface topography of the south polar layered deposits overlying the area of the putative lakes was analyzed using the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data, and it was shown that comparable topographic anomalies form within 0.5-1.5 Myr with locally elevated geothermal heating.
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