Environmental Geology Case. Search for Life on Mars

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Search for Water Because all forms of life Earth require water

Search for Water

Because all forms of life Earth require water
Scientists believe

Mars had surface water 3.8 billion years ago

https://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/dataViz/topsites/final/Gusev/maps/Gusev.jpg

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Mars Satellites and Rovers Iron oxide minerals found in sediment layers

Mars Satellites and Rovers

Iron oxide minerals found in sediment layers
Magnesium sulfate

minerals in crater sediment
Other minerals typically formed when mineral rich water evaporates

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/infographic.view.php?id=10729