This year the Microsymposium will focus on Mars and the topics of geological evidence for climate change throughout its history and models for climate evolution. Recent results from Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions have provided abundant evidence for Amazonian climate change and a range of surficial deposits that may reflect this change. In addition, these same data are now providing clues as to where water might be sequestered, both mineralogically bound and as buried deposits. Combinations of altimetry, images, and physical, chemical and mineralogical properties are now being used to address ancient Hesperian and Noachian-aged climates on Mars.

Location: Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, Texas

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