Sedimentary geology of Mars
By: edited by John P. Grotzinger, Ralph E. Milliken
Contributors: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Series: SEPM special publication -- no. 102; Special publication (SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)) -- no. 102.
Publisher: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tulsa, Okla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781565763128; 9781565763135
Subjects: Geology; Earth analogs; Sedimentation and deposition
Notes: "This book contains a CD/DVD which contains a complete digital copy of this volume, with many color figures substituted for printed black and white versions"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

"An online open access version [will be available] at www.sepmonline.org at a six-month post-publication date"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: The sedimentary rock record of Mars : distribution, origins, and global stratigraphy / John P. Grotzinger and Ralph E. Milliken; title: An atlas of Mars sedimentary rocks as seen by HIRISE / Ross A. Beyer, Kathryn M. Stack, Jennifer L. Griffes, Ralph E. Milliken, Ken E. Herkenhoff, Shane Byrne, John W. Holt and John P. Grotzinger; title: Aqueous alteration in martian meteorites : comparing mineral relations in igneous-rock weathering of martian meteorites and in the sedimentary cycle of Mars / Michael A. Velbel; title: Geochemistry of sedimentary processes on Mars / Scott M. Mclennan; title: Were aqueous ripples on Mars formed by flowing brines? / Michael P. Lamb, John P. Grotzinger, John B. Southard and Nicholas J. Tosca; title: Source-to-sink : an Earth/Mars comparison of boundary conditions for Eolian dune systems / Gary Kocurek and Ryan C. Ewing; title: Duststones on Mars : source, transport, deposition, and erosion / Nathan T. Bridges and Daniel R. Muhs; title: Focusing the search for biosignatures on Mars : facies prediction with an example from Acidalia Planitia / Dorothy Z. Oehler and Carlton C. Allen; title: Stratigraphic architecture of bedrock reference section, Victoria Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars / Lauren A. Edgar, John P. Grotzinger, Alex G. Hayes, David M. Rubin, Steve W. Squyres, James F. Bell and Ken E. Herkenhoff; title: Potential recognition of accretionary lapilli in distal impact deposits on Mars : a facies analog provided by the 1.85 GA Sudbury impact deposit / Philip Fralick, John Grotzinger and Lauren Edgar; title: Early diagenesis by modern acid brines in Western Australia and implications for the history of sedimentary modification on Mars / Brenda B. Bowen, Kathleen C. Benison and Stacy Story; title: Characteristics of terrestrial ferric oxide concretions and implications for Mars / Marjorie A. Chan, Sally L. Potter, Brenda B. Bowen, W.T. Parry, Laura M. Barge, Winston Seiler, Erich U. Petersen and John R. Bowman.