The Dalhousie Mound Spring Complex as a guide to Martian Landforms, Processes, and Exploration
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Possible springs and their deposits are important targets for Martian exploration because of the information they contain about Martian landscapes and processes, provide indications for conditions in the Martian hydrosphere, are potential habitats for past (and present) Martian organisms, and their resource potential for human missions. The Dalhousie Mound Spring Complex (DMC) is one of largest groundwater discharge landforms known on Earth and is an excellent field laboratory to develop models of spring related landform evolution on both Earth and Mars. The DMC also allows development of recognition criteria for spring deposits at the scale of satellite, lander, and microscopic scales, and issues associated with their exploration.
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