Journal of Maps (Dec 2024)
The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission
- Peter Fawdon,
- Csilla Orgel,
- Solmaz Adeli,
- Matt Balme,
- Fred J. Calef,
- Joel M. Davis,
- Alessandro Frigeri,
- Peter Grindrod,
- Ernst Hauber,
- Laetitia Le Deit,
- Damien Loizeau,
- Andrea Nass,
- Cathy Quantin-Nataf,
- Elliot Sefton-Nash,
- Nick Thomas,
- Ines Torres,
- Jorge L. Vago,
- Matthieu Volat,
- Sander De Witte,
- Francesca Altieri,
- Andrea Apuzzo,
- Julene Aramendia,
- Gorka Arana,
- Rickbir Singh Bahia,
- Steven G. Banham,
- Robert Barnes,
- Alexander M. Barrett,
- Wolf-Stefan Benedix,
- Anshuman Bhardwaj,
- Sarah Jane Boazman,
- Tomaso R. R. Bontognali,
- John Bridges,
- Benjamin Bultel,
- Valérie Ciarletti,
- Maria Cristina De Sanctis,
- Zach Dickeson,
- Elena A. Favaro,
- Marco Ferrari,
- Frédéric Foucher,
- Walter Goetz,
- Albert F. C. Haldemann,
- Elise Harrington,
- Angeliki Kapatza,
- Detlef Koschny,
- Agata M. Krzesinska,
- Alice Le Gall,
- Stephen R. Lewis,
- Tanya Lim,
- Juan Manuel Madariaga,
- Benjamin James Man,
- Lucia Mandon,
- Nicolas Mangold,
- Javier Martin-Torres,
- Joseph D. McNeil,
- Antonio Molina,
- Andoni G. Moral,
- Sara Motaghian,
- Sergei Nikiforov,
- Nicolas Oudart,
- Andrea Pacifici,
- Adam Parkes Bowen,
- Dirk Plettemeier,
- Pantelis Poulakis,
- Alfiah Rizky Diana Putri,
- Ottaviano Ruesch,
- Lydia Sam,
- Christian Schröder,
- Christoph Statz,
- Rebecca Thomas,
- Daniela Tirsch,
- Zsuzsanna Toth,
- Stuart Turner,
- Martin Voelker,
- Stephanie C. Werner,
- Frances Westall,
- Barry J. Whiteside,
- Adam Williams,
- Rebecca M. E. Williams,
- Jack Wright,
- Maria-Paz Zorzano
Affiliations
- Peter Fawdon
- School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Csilla Orgel
- European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC), Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Solmaz Adeli
- Institute of Planetary Science, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany
- Matt Balme
- School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Fred J. Calef
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Joel M. Davis
- Department of Earth Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Alessandro Frigeri
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy
- Peter Grindrod
- Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
- Ernst Hauber
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
- Laetitia Le Deit
- Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Le Mans Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, Nantes, France
- Damien Loizeau
- Université Paris Saclay – CNRS – Institute d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
- Andrea Nass
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
- Cathy Quantin-Nataf
- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS Lyon
- Elliot Sefton-Nash
- European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC), Directorate of Science, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Nick Thomas
- Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Ines Torres
- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS Lyon
- Jorge L. Vago
- European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Matthieu Volat
- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS Lyon
- Sander De Witte
- European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Francesca Altieri
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy
- Andrea Apuzzo
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy
- Julene Aramendia
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
- Gorka Arana
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
- Rickbir Singh Bahia
- European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Steven G. Banham
- Department of Earth Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Robert Barnes
- Department of Earth Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Alexander M. Barrett
- School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Wolf-Stefan Benedix
- Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Anshuman Bhardwaj
- School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen (UK), Aberdeen, UK
- Sarah Jane Boazman
- European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Tomaso R. R. Bontognali
- Space Exploration Institute, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- John Bridges
- Space Research Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- Benjamin Bultel
- Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Valérie Ciarletti
- LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France.
- Maria Cristina De Sanctis
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy
- Zach Dickeson
- Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
- Elena A. Favaro
- School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Marco Ferrari
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy
- Frédéric Foucher
- CNRS, Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, France
- Walter Goetz
- Planetary Science Department, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Goettingen, Germany
- Albert F. C. Haldemann
- European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC), Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Elise Harrington
- Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Angeliki Kapatza
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
- Detlef Koschny
- European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Agata M. Krzesinska
- Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Alice Le Gall
- LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
- Stephen R. Lewis
- School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Tanya Lim
- European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Madrid, Spain
- Juan Manuel Madariaga
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
- Benjamin James Man
- School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Lucia Mandon
- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Meudon, France
- Nicolas Mangold
- Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, CNRS, Nantes, France
- Javier Martin-Torres
- Department of Planetary Sciences, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen, UK
- Joseph D. McNeil
- School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Antonio Molina
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) CSIC/INTA, Madrid, Spain
- Andoni G. Moral
- INTA. Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Madrid, Spain
- Sara Motaghian
- Department of Earth Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Sergei Nikiforov
- Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), Moscow, Russia
- Nicolas Oudart
- LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
- Andrea Pacifici
- International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Università Gabriele D'Annunzio, Pescara, Italy
- Adam Parkes Bowen
- Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- Dirk Plettemeier
- Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Pantelis Poulakis
- European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Alfiah Rizky Diana Putri
- Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences, Sumatra Institute of Technology, South Lampung, Indonesia
- Ottaviano Ruesch
- Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
- Lydia Sam
- School of geosciences (UK), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- Christian Schröder
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Christoph Statz
- Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Rebecca Thomas
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- Daniela Tirsch
- Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany
- Zsuzsanna Toth
- Deep BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Stuart Turner
- AstrobiologyOU, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Martin Voelker
- European Space Astronomy Center, Madrid, Spain
- Stephanie C. Werner
- Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Frances Westall
- CNRS-Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, France
- Barry J. Whiteside
- UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking, UK
- Adam Williams
- ESA European Space Opperations Center, Darmstadt, Germany
- Rebecca M. E. Williams
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Jack Wright
- European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Madrid, Spain
- Maria-Paz Zorzano
- Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2302361
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 20,
no. 1
Abstract
ABSTRACTThis 1:30,000 scale geological map describes Oxia Planum, Mars, the landing site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. The map represents our current understanding of bedrock units and their relationships prior to Rosalind Franklin’s exploration of this location. The map details 15 bedrock units organised into 6 groups and 7 textural and surficial units. The bedrock units were identified using visible and near-infrared remote sensing datasets. The objectives of this map are (i) to identify where the most astrobiologically relevant rocks are likely to be found, (ii) to show where hypotheses about their geological context (within Oxia Planum and in the wider geological history of Mars) can be tested, (iii) to inform both the long-term (hundreds of metres to ∼1 km) and the short-term (tens of metres) activity planning for rover exploration, and (iv) to allow the samples analysed by the rover to be interpreted within their regional geological context.
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