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Ideas for Mars Research
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Are Dust Devils more Common at Lower Elevations?
Are Sand Dunes found Downwind from Yardangs?
Direction of Dust Devils and Wind Streaks
Crater Diameter and Windstreak Length
Dunes Shapes affected by Crater Walls
Abundance and Distribution of Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARS)
Albedo Change and Martian Temperature
Dust Storm Longitudinal Study
Water
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Channels Formed from Lava or Water
Landing Site Evaluation for Human Exploration
Where did the water in Ceberus and Mangala Fossae go?
Channels: Water or Lava
Do Glaciers on Mars Melt into Liquid Water?
Were Candor and Ophir Chasma formed from Water, Lava, or Tectonics?
Evidence to Support Chaotic Terrain in Hydraotes Region was Caused by
Magmatic Processes
Elevations impact on Iron Content of Building/Landing Sites
Searching for Gullies
Evidence of Melting Ice at the Martian South Pole
Channels Formed from Lava or Water
Was Tinjar Valles formed by water?
Was Tinjar Valles formed by water or lava?
Where did the water in Ceberus and Mangala Fossae go?
Channels: Water or Lava
Were Candor and Ophir Chasma formed from Water, Lava, or Tectonics?
Evidence to Support Chaotic Terrain in Hydraotes Region was Caused by
Magmatic Processes
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 Elevations impact on Iron Content of Building/Landing Sites
 Similarities and Differences between Collapsed Lava Tubes and Water Channels
Tectonics (describes the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of
the strong, continents, and the ways in which the relatively rigid plates that constitute
the Earth's outer shell interact with each other.
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Depth, Width, and Length of Volcanic and Tectonic Fractures
Depth, Width and Location of Grabens and Tension Cracks
Craters and Cracks
Are There Plate Tectonics on Mars
Evidence of Tectonic Plates on Mars
Is Inca City a Tectonic Feature?
Were Candor and Ophir Chasma formed from Water, Lava, or Tectonics?
Relationship Between Wrinkle Ridges and Fractures
Fissures and Related Processes
Ice
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Is ice in the mid-latitudes in older or younger craters?
Is Inca City an Impact Crater?
Signs of Volcanic Activity near Dalmatian Terrain
Is Inca City a Tectonic Feature?
Polygonal Terrain Over Time
Evidence to Support Chaotic Terrain in Hydraotes Region was Caused by
Magmatic Processes
 Weathering of Chasma Boreale
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Craters
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Dunes Shapes affected by Crater Walls
Evidence of Oxygen in Craters
Crater Diameter and Windstreak Length
Crater Distribution across Hemispheres
Characteristics of Relative Age of Craters
Is ice in the mid-latitudes in older or younger craters?
Common Crater Types in Similar Regions
Which Tharsis Volcano is Oldest
Elevation and Type of Crater
Relative Ages of Mars Volcanoes
Crater Density Comparison between Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Craters and Cracks
Distribution of Craters from the Equator to North Pole
Identifying Craters similar to McLaughlin Crater
Volcanos
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Caldera Evidence of Supervolcano
Age Dating Volcanoes
Depth, width, and length of volcanic and tectonic fractures
Crater Density of Tharsis Montes Volcanoes
Caldera Diameter and Volcanic Height
Crater Erosion along Tharsis Montes Volcanoes
Which Tharsis Volcano is Oldest
Channels: Water or Lava
Signs of Volcanic Activity near Dalmatian Terrain
Channels Formed from Lava or Water
Elevations Impact on Lava Flow Length
Were Candor and Ophir Chasma formed from Water, Lava, or Tectonics?
Evidence to Support Chaotic Terrain in Hydraotes Region was Caused by
Magmatic Processes
 Is the Overall Size of the Lava Flow related to the Size of the Volcano?
 Relative Ages of Mars Volcanoes
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