University of Western Ontario

$100,000.00 CAD

≈ 16 months of average Canadian pay
Department
Canadian Space Agency
Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2018-2019
Agreement period
September 10, 2018 – —
Reference
csa-asc:003-2018-2019-Q2-04058

Published purpose

This project will use volcanic terrains on Earth as analogue sites for the future exploration of Mars. This project aims to determine the roughness of lava flows using radar remote sensing data, to compare the roughness of the lava flows as observed in the field to remote sensing data, and to understand the rheological rationale for the observed lava flow texture. It will allow the scientific community to have a deeper understanding of volcanism on Mars.

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