Oxytropidoceras Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 The below article is discouraging as far as the possibility of Martian fossils. Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say University of British Columbia, August 3, 2020 Summary: "A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars's surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to new research.' Grau Galofre, A., Jellinek, A.M. & Osinski, G.R,. 2020, Valley formation on early Mars by subglacial and fluvial erosion. Nature Geoscience, 2020 Other recent papers: Shaw, J., Gilbert, R.G., Sharpe, D.R., Lesemann, J.E. and Young, R.R., 2020. The origins of s-forms: Form similarity, process analogy, and links to high-energy, subglacial meltwater flows. Earth-Science Reviews, 200, p.102994. Rodriguez, J.A.P., Dobrea, E.N., Kargel, J.S., Baker, V.R., Crown, D.A., Webster, K.D., Berman, D.C., Wilhelm, M.B. and Buckner, D., 2020. The Oldest Highlands of Mars May Be Massive Dust Fallout Deposits. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-15. Open Access Yours, Paul H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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