Open Questions

  • How complete is our inventory of terrestrial analogues?
  • Are there Martian geologic processes/landforms/materials that do NOT have terrestrial analogues?
  • What morphologic attributes of a landscape can be directly compared between Mars and Earth?
  • What scaling laws (spatial, temporal) have to be applied in such comparisons?
  • In which terrestrial environments are mineralogical assemblages being formed and/or stable, which have also been identified on Mars?
  • What are plausible parent materials for rocks with the geochemical signatures found on Mars?
  • What and where are climatic environments on Earth (present or past) that can inform us on aspects of the climatic evolution of Mars?
  • What are suitable analogs for rover/lander and instrument operations (e.g., to assess the trafficability of terrain)?
  • What are the limits of analogue studies?

Last update: 20/05/2010 14:15