MARSIS deployment update

Cugel · #1 (**permalink**) 11-March-2005, 10:54 AM

http://www.marsdaily.com/news/marsexpress-05f.html

It seems that MARSIS will not be able to 'see' the newly discovered frozen lake , as this is only 45 meters deep. As I understand it, it is not very good at detecting boundaries between water ice and rock layers anyway. However, liquid water (aquifers) at depths ranging from 100 meters to 5 kilometers should stand out. If they exist, of course.

RGClark · #2 (**permalink**) 12-March-2005, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Cugel

http://www.marsdaily.com/news/marsexpress-05f.html

It seems that MARSIS will not be able to 'see' the newly discovered frozen lake , as this is only 45 meters deep. As I understand it, it is not very good at detecting boundaries between water ice and rock layers anyway. However, liquid water (aquifers) at depths ranging from 100 meters to 5 kilometers should stand out. If they exist, of course.

There is some uncertainty with this ice depth of this proposed frozen lake so it could conceivably be within the MARSIS detection range.

Bob Clark

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