Detailed-scale geomorphology and morphometric analysis of Noachian-Hesperian fluvial landforms in the southeastern Thaumasia highlands of Mars

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This research aims at the investigation of fluvial valley networks in the southeastern Thaumasia highlands of Mars. Fluvial valley networks point to prolonged periods of continuous flow of liquid water. The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) aboard Mars Orbital Mission (MOM) launched by ISRO is providing high quality images of Mars in the visible region. These data sets would be used in conjunction with the older datasets from previous Mars missions for 3D morphometric and mineralogical analyses of fluvial landforms in the South-Eastern Thaumasia region Mars. The results of these analyses would provide new insights into the origin, development and temporal evolution of aqueous regime in this part of Mars.

Publications

  • Sarkar,R., Singh, P., Porwal,A., 2016. Origin Of Mass Wasting Features In Juventae Chasma, Mars. R. Sarkar, P. Singh, Ganesh. I, A. Porwal Proceedings of the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, Abstract #1876
  • Singh, P., Sarkar, R., Ganesh. I., Porwal, A., 2016. Origin of Fluvial Channels in the Walls of Juventae Chasma: evidences of groundwater sapping? Proceedings of the 47 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, Abstract #1878
  • Sarkar,R., Singh, P., Porwal,A., 2015. Ductile and Brittle Deformational Features Within the Light Toned Mounds of Juventae Chasma, Mars. Proceedings of the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, Abstract #1788
  • Sarkar, R., Singh, P., Porwal, A., 2015. Identification of Aqueous Minerals and Subsurface/Interstitial Ice Signatures from a Crater in Thaumasia, Mars. Proceedings of the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, Abstract #1784
  • Sarkar, R., Singh, P., Porwal, A., (in review). Landslides in Juventae Chasma, Mars: indications of subsurface ice activity? Planetary and Space Science
  • Sarkar, R., Singh, P., Porwal, A., (in prep.) Ductile and Brittle Deformational Features Within the Light Toned Mounds of Juventae Chasma, Mars, Icarus.
  • Sarkar, R., Singh, P., Porwal, A., (in prep.) Palaeolake sediments and subsurface/interstitial ice from a crater in Thaumasia, Mars, Icarus.
  • Singh, P., Sarkar, R., Porwal, A., (in review) Geochronology of geological units of an impact crater in Thaumasia Region, Mars: implications for geological evolution, Current Science.