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Briny lakes on early Mars? Terrestrial intracrater playas and Martian candidates

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Lee, P.
Published
JAN 1, 1993.
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Summary
Recently, salt-rich aqueous solutions have been invoked in the preterrestrial alteration of the Nakhla and Lafayette SNC meteorites. The findings substantiate the long-standing suspicion that salts are abundant on Mars and, more importantly, that brines have played a significant role in Martian hydrogeological history. Adding to the growing body of evidence, I report here on the identification of several unusual intracrater high-albedo features in the ancient cratered highlands of Mars, which I interpret as possible saline playas, or salt pans.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19940017202.
Accession ID: 94N21675.
Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on Early Mars: How Warm and How Wet?, Part 1; p 17.
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