Exploring the Martian subsurface with the RIMFAX Ground Penetrating Radar on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover

S. Hamran, D. Paiges, H. E.F. Amundsen, T. Berger, S. Brovoll, L. Carter, T. M. Casademont, L. Damsgård, H. Dypvik, S. Eide, R. Ghent, J. Kohler, M. T. Mellon, D. C. Nunes, D. Plettemeier, P. Russell, M. Siegler

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Abstract

The Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) RIMFAX on the NASA Mars 2020 rover Perseverance is the first time a NASA Mars rover has a GPR. The GPR makes it possible to collect information on subsurface structure, physical properties, and composition. RIMFAX has during the first two years of operation on Mars shown that ground penetrating radar is an excellent tool for studying the shallow subsurface of Mars. RIMFAX has imaged layers that outcrop at the surface and make it possible to trace the layers between the outcrops. RIMFAX has revealed the stratigraphic relationship between several geological contacts that would have been difficult to interpret using only surface observations. RIMFAX penetrates and image the subsurface down to approximately 15 meter in the crater floor and down to 20 meter in the deltaic sediments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition
PublisherEuropean Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE
Pages758-762
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781713884156
StatePublished - 2023
Event84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition - Vienna, Austria
Duration: Jun 5 2023Jun 8 2023

Publication series

Name84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition
Volume1

Conference

Conference84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period6/5/236/8/23

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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