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We've been trying to understand Mars for years, but some scientists think that ancient craters on earth might hold some answers to our red neighbor's history.
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https://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20020905a
stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news10.html
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pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6410/ebc44d732c047d067d24907d830f9830234c.pdf
researchgate.net/publication/253102749_The_Chicxulub_Ejecta_Blanket_and_its_Bearing_on_Sample_Return_Missions_to_Mars
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usgs.gov/natural-hazards/volcano-hazards/pyroclastic-flows-move-fast-and-destroy-everything-their-path
researchgate.net/profile/Adriana-Ocampo-2/publication/237582768_THE_CHICXULUB_CONTINUOUS_EJECTA_BLANKET_AND_ITS_IMPLICATIONS_FOR_FLUIDIZED_EJECTA_BLANKETS_ON_MARS_Kevin_O_Pope/links/0c96052679f1a4be8a000000/THE-CHICXULUB-CONTINUOUS-EJECTA-BLANKET-AND-ITS-IMPLICATIONS-FOR-FLUIDIZED-EJECTA-BLANKETS-ON-MARS-Kevin-O-Pope.pdf)
Images
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicxulub-animation.gif
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chicxulub-Anomaly.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yucatan_chix_crater.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyroclastic_flows_at_Mayon_Volcano.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/mud-flow-from-a-mud-volcano-cracked-mud-surface-mudflow-texture-with-cracks-gm1218650309-356178358
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singlelayeredejectabo5.jpg
https://marsed.asu.edu/mep/craters/rampart-craters
nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20101208-tycho.html
We've been trying to understand Mars for years, but some scientists think that ancient craters on earth might hold some answers to our red neighbor's history.
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Sources:
https://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20020905a
stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news10.html
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00437.x
researchgate.net/profile/Adriana-Ocampo-2/publication/237582768_THE_CHICXULUB_CONTINUOUS_EJECTA_BLANKET_AND_ITS_IMPLICATIONS_FOR_FLUIDIZED_EJECTA_BLANKETS_ON_MARS_Kevin_O_Pope/links/0c96052679f1a4be8a000000/THE-CHICXULUB-CONTINUOUS-EJECTA-BLANKET-AND-ITS-IMPLICATIONS-FOR-FLUIDIZED-EJECTA-BLANKETS-ON-MARS-Kevin-O-Pope.pdf
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6410/ebc44d732c047d067d24907d830f9830234c.pdf
researchgate.net/publication/253102749_The_Chicxulub_Ejecta_Blanket_and_its_Bearing_on_Sample_Return_Missions_to_Mars
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1994LPI....25..599I/0000600.000.html
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1977iecp.symp..593C
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/traj.html
usgs.gov/natural-hazards/volcano-hazards/pyroclastic-flows-move-fast-and-destroy-everything-their-path
researchgate.net/profile/Adriana-Ocampo-2/publication/237582768_THE_CHICXULUB_CONTINUOUS_EJECTA_BLANKET_AND_ITS_IMPLICATIONS_FOR_FLUIDIZED_EJECTA_BLANKETS_ON_MARS_Kevin_O_Pope/links/0c96052679f1a4be8a000000/THE-CHICXULUB-CONTINUOUS-EJECTA-BLANKET-AND-ITS-IMPLICATIONS-FOR-FLUIDIZED-EJECTA-BLANKETS-ON-MARS-Kevin-O-Pope.pdf)
Images
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicxulub-animation.gif
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chicxulub-Anomaly.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yucatan_chix_crater.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyroclastic_flows_at_Mayon_Volcano.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/mud-flow-from-a-mud-volcano-cracked-mud-surface-mudflow-texture-with-cracks-gm1218650309-356178358
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singlelayeredejectabo5.jpg
https://marsed.asu.edu/mep/craters/rampart-craters
nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20101208-tycho.html
