Exploring Mars Habitability Presentations
Exploring Mars Habitability
13 June - 15 June 2011
Lisbon, Portugal
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Group photo of the participants at the international conference 'Exploring Mars Habitability'. Credit: ESA |
The presentations given at the international conference 'Exploring Mars Habitability', held on 13 to 15 June in Lisbon, Portugal, are now available in PDF format. They can be downloaded from the programme table below, by clicking on the corresponding links.
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The abstract book of the conference is also available and can be downloaded by clicking on the icon to the right (PDF, 2.4 Mb). |
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For the complete conference details, please follow the link in the right-hand menu.
Monday 13 June 2011
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Habitability Associated with Specific Transitory Environments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 14:30 |
Invited Talk Transient Processes and Environments on Present-Day Mars A. McEwen |
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| 15:00 |
Fluvial Landforms and Hydrated Minerals due to Impact Craters Hydrothermalism on Mars N. Mangold et al. |
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| 15:15 |
The Effects of Meteorite Impacts on the Availability and Distribution of Bioessential Elements for Endolithic Organisms A. Pontefract et al. |
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| 15:30 |
Vacant Habitats on Mars C.S. Cockell, M. Balm |
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| Discussion and break | ||
| 16:15 |
Volcanically Driven Hydrothermal Systems in Post-Noachian Mars: Hotspots of Habitability on a Changing Planet J.R. Skok, J.F. Mustard |
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| 16:30 |
The Nakhlite Impact Hydrothemal Cell: Mineralogy, Fluid and Habitability J.C. Bridges, S.P. Schwenzer |
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| 16:45 |
Microbial Growth and Survival in Extreme Habitats on Kilimanjaro A. Ponce et al. |
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| 17:00 |
Habitability in Mars Transient and Local Environments: Field Analogue Sample Studies B.H. Foing et al. |
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| 17:15 |
Post-Early Mars local aqueous environments in Noctis Labyrinthus Chasmata P. Thollot et al. |
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| Session discussion | ||
| Poster session: Thirst for Knowledge | ||
Tuesday 14 June 2011
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Ancient Habitability and its Relationships to the Long-Term Evolution of Mars I | ||
| 09:00 | Invited Talk J.P. Bibring |
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| 09:30 |
The Phyllosian era: the two different cases of Mawrth Vallis and Tyrrhena Terra D. Loizeau et al. |
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| 09:45 |
Habitability and its Correlation with Hydrated Minerals - Evidence from Deposits in Aureum Chaos M. Sowe et al. |
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| 10:00 |
Subsurface Aqueous Alteration on Ancient Mars: Implications for Habitability B. Ehlmann et al. |
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| 10:15 |
The History of Water on Mars: Synthesis of New Results from Valley Networks and Deltas B. Hynek |
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| Discussion and break | ||
| 11:15 |
Exploring Potential Habitats in our Solar System - The “Curiosity Curiosity” Rover of The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) P. Mahaffy |
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| 11:30 |
Early Carbon Cycle and the Emergence of life on Mars D.C. Fernández-Remolar et al. |
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| 11:45 |
Interaction Between Organic Compounds, Minerals and Microbes: Habitability Studies From Mars Analogue Samples Z. Martins et al. |
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| 12:00 |
Modelling the Early Martian Climate, Water Cycle and Habitability F. Forget et al. |
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| Session discussion and break | ||
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Ancient Habitability and its Relationships to the Long-Term Evolution of MarsII | ||
| 14:30 |
The Martian Sedimentary Mass: Constraints on its Composition, Age and Size S. McLennan |
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| 14:45 |
Evidence for Habitability in Gusev Crater S.W. Ruff |
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| 15:00 |
Diverse Habitable Environments During the Noachian-Hesperian Transition J.F. Mustard et al. |
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| 15:15 |
Ancient habitability in Early Archaean volcanic and sedimentary rocks: Relevance for habitability in Noachian/Hesperian materials on Mars F. Westall et al. |
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| Session discussion and break | ||
| 17:00 |
Environmental Signatures for Habitability: What to Measure and How to Rank the Habitability Potential of Mars P. Conrad et al. |
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| 17:15 |
Habitability of a Large Ghost Crater in Chryse Planitia, Mars D. Oehler, C. Allen |
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| Session discussion | ||
Wednesday 15 June 2011
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Modern Habitability and the Possibility of Extant Life | ||
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Invited Talk Modern Habitability and the Possibility of Extant Life P. Ehrenfreund |
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| 09:30 |
Atmospheric Signatures of Habitability and Habitancy M. Allen et al. |
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| 09:45 |
Temperature, Liquid Water, Time and Habitability D. Möhlmann |
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| 10:00 |
Evidence for the Long-Term Persistence of Habitable Conditions in the Deep-Subsurface of Mars S.M. Clifford, M.D. Max |
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| 10:15 |
Does Mars Have Groundwater Today? R.E. Grimm |
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| 10:30 |
Ice Lens Formation and Habitability of the Phoenix Landing Site A. Zent et al. |
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| Discussion and break | ||
| 11:15 |
The Near Subsurface Habitat of Mars: Caves, Vugs, & Drilling P. Boston et al. |
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| 11:30 |
Sampling and sequencing Volcán Copahue, an acidic, sulfur-rich terrestrial analog of Mars C.S. Lui et al. |
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| 11:45 |
Raman and Mossbauer Spectroscopic Mineralogical Characterisation of Rio Tinto and Jaroso Ravine Mars Analogue Sites F. Rull et al. |
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| 12:00 |
Oxide Residues Overlying Sulfide Mineralization (Gossans) in Greenland Provide Insight into Potential Niches for Life on Present-Day Mars L. Pratt et al. |
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| 12:15 |
A Potentially Habitable Environment within the Salt-rich Subsurface in Equatorial Regions on Mars A. Wang |
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| Session discussion and break | ||
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The Possible Effects that the Planet's Internal Structure and Movements may have had on Habitability Issues | ||
| 14:30 |
Invited Talk Interior of Mars and its habitability V. Dehant |
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| 15:00 |
Early Habitability of Mars: Looking Beyond a Pretty Face B. Banerdt |
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| 15:15 |
Joint Use of MGS-MAG and MGS-ER Measurements to Better Describe the Martian Magnetric Field and Understand the Complex Magnetic Story of Mars B. Langlais et al. |
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| 15:30 |
Mars Magnetic Microdomains and Life E. Alves et al. |
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| Session discussion | ||
| Conference wrap-up | ||
Scientific organising committee
Olivier Witasse, European Space Agency - co-chair
David Beaty, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - co-chair
Gian Gabriele Ori, IRSPS (Pescara, Italy)
Fernando Rull, University of Valladolid
Jack Mustard, Brown University
Lisa Pratt, Indiana University
Ivo Alves, Universidade de Coimbra
Local organising committee
Clare Bingham, European Space Agency
Olivier Witasse, European Space Agency
Ivo Alves, Universidade de Coimbra
Charles Budney, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Carla Prevoo, ESA Conference Bureau/Congrex Holland
Teresa Barata, Universidade de Coimbra
Field trip committee
Fernando Rull, University of Valladolid
Gian Gabriele Ori, IRSPS (Pescara, Italy)
L.N. Conde
For further information, please contact:
Olivier Witasse, European Space Agency
Email: owitasse
rssd.esa.int
Direct link to this page:
http://exploration.esa.int/mars-habitability-2011