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Chen Z, Wu B, Krasilnikov S, Xun W, Ma Y, Liu S, Li Z. A Global Database of Pitted Cones on Mars for Research on Martian Volcanism. Sci Data 2024; 11:942. [PMID: 39198432 PMCID: PMC11358515 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03811-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
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This study presents a global database of pitted cones on Mars. This database was created using an active deep-learning approach based on a global mosaic of Mars Context Camera (CTX) images, followed by extensive manual verification. The global database contains 250,547 pitted cones along with their central coordinates and diameters. 94.2% of the pitted cones have diameters ranging from 100 m to 1 km. Most of them are in the northern lowlands, while some are scattered in the southern highlands. Systematic evaluation of the extracted pitted cones is performed in Isidis Planitia, Acidalia Planitia, and Cerberus Palus on Mars. The results reveal that the precision ranges from 79.2% to 85.6%, and the recall rate ranges from 62.4% to 87.7%, indicating a varying among regions but satisfactory performance. Manual digitizing evaluation indicates that over 94.1% of manual labels by different annotators have a differentiation rate of 10%, showing promising precision and consistency. This global database can facilitate further research on the origin and evolution of pitted cones on Mars.
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- Zeyu Chen
- Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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- Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Platz T, Byrne PK, Massironi M, Hiesinger H. Volcanism and tectonism across the inner solar system: an overview. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1144/sp401.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AbstractVolcanism and tectonism are the dominant endogenic means by which planetary surfaces change. This book, in general, and this overview, in particular, aim to encompass the broad range in character of volcanism, tectonism, faulting and associated interactions observed on planetary bodies across the inner solar system – a region that includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars and asteroids. The diversity and breadth of landforms produced by volcanic and tectonic processes are enormous, and vary across the inventory of inner solar system bodies. As a result, the selection of prevailing landforms and their underlying formational processes that are described and highlighted in this review are but a primer to the expansive field of planetary volcanism and tectonism. In addition to this extended introductory contribution, this Special Publication features 21 dedicated research articles about volcanic and tectonic processes manifest across the inner solar system. Those articles are summarized at the end of this review.
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- T. Platz
- Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell Road, Tucson, AZ 85719-2395, USA
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Planetary Sciences & Remote Sensing, Malteserstrasse 74-100, 12249 Berlin, Germany
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- Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, USA
- Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015-1305, USA
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- Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita' degli Studi di Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Russell JK, Edwards BR, Porritt LA. Pyroclastic passage zones in glaciovolcanic sequences. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1788. [PMID: 23653200 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Volcanoes are increasingly recognized as agents and recorders of global climate variability, although deciphering the linkages between planetary climate and volcanism is still in its infancy. The growth and emergence of subaqueous volcanoes produce passage zones, which are stratigraphic surfaces marking major transitions in depositional environments. In glaciovolcanic settings, they record the elevations of syn-eruptive englacial lakes. Thus, they allow for forensic recovery of minimum ice thicknesses. Here we present the first description of a passage zone preserved entirely within pyroclastic deposits, marking the growth of a tephra cone above the englacial lake level. Our discovery requires extension of the passage-zone concept to accommodate explosive volcanism and guides future studies of hundreds of glaciovolcanic edifices on Earth and Mars. Our recognition of pyroclastic passage zones increases the potential for recovering transient paleolake levels, improving estimates of paleo-ice thicknesses and providing new constraints on paleoclimate models that consider the extents and timing of planetary glaciations.
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- James K Russell
- Volcanology and Petrology Laboratory, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4.
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Goudge TA, Mustard JF, Head JW, Fassett CI. Constraints on the history of open-basin lakes on Mars from the composition and timing of volcanic resurfacing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2012je004115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cousins CR, Crawford IA. Volcano-ice interaction as a microbial habitat on Earth and Mars. ASTROBIOLOGY 2011; 11:695-710. [PMID: 21877914 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Volcano-ice interaction has been a widespread geological process on Earth that continues to occur to the present day. The interaction between volcanic activity and ice can generate substantial quantities of liquid water, together with steep thermal and geochemical gradients typical of hydrothermal systems. Environments available for microbial colonization within glaciovolcanic systems are wide-ranging and include the basaltic lava edifice, subglacial caldera meltwater lakes, glacier caves, and subsurface hydrothermal systems. There is widespread evidence of putative volcano-ice interaction on Mars throughout its history and at a range of latitudes. Therefore, it is possible that life on Mars may have exploited these habitats, much in the same way as has been observed on Earth. The sedimentary and mineralogical deposits resulting from volcano-ice interaction have the potential to preserve evidence of any indigenous microbial populations. These include jökulhlaup (subglacial outflow) sedimentary deposits, hydrothermal mineral deposits, basaltic lava flows, and subglacial lacustrine deposits. Here, we briefly review the evidence for volcano-ice interactions on Mars and discuss the geomicrobiology of volcano-ice habitats on Earth. In addition, we explore the potential for the detection of these environments on Mars and any biosignatures these deposits may contain.
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- Claire R Cousins
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK.
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Ghatan GJ. Cavi Angusti, Mars: Characterization and assessment of possible formation mechanisms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1029/2002je001972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Milkovich SM. Meltback of Hesperian-aged ice-rich deposits near the south pole of Mars: Evidence for drainage channels and lakes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1029/2001je001802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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