2001 - 2003 Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, M. H. Carr, B. Sutter, J. M. Moore, J. D. Farmer, R. Greeley, D. J. Des Marais, M. G. Kramer, H. Newsom, C. Barber, I. Thorsos, K. L. Tanaka, N. G. Barlow, D. A. Fike, M. L. Urquhart, B. Grigsby, F. D. Grant, and O. de Goursac 2003. Exploring Gusev Crater with MER A: Review of Science Objectives and Testable Hypotheses.JGR-Planets: Special Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission Issue, 8076, doi: 10. 1029/2002JE002026.
Herkenhoff, K and the Athena Science Team, 2003. Athena microscopic imager investigation. J. Geophys. Res.108 (E12), 8065, doi: 10.1029/2003JE002065.
Squyres, S. W. and the Athena Science Team, 2003. Athena Mars rover science investigation. J. Geophys. Res.108 (E12), 8065, doi: 10.1029/2003JE002121.
Thakoor, S., N. A. Cabrol, N. Lay, J. Chahl, D. Soccol, B. Hine, and S. Zornetzer 2003. Review: The benefits and applications of bioinspired flight capabilities. J. Robotic Syst. .
Cabrol, N. A., and E. A. Grin 2002. Overview on the Formation of Paleolakes and Ponds in Impact Craters on Mars. Global and Plan. Changes35, 199-219.
Cabrol, N. A., D. D. Wynn-Williams, D. A. Crawford, and E. A. Grin. Recent Aqueous environments in impact crater lakes on Mars 2001: an Astrobiological perspective. 2 nd Mars Polar Conference Special Issue. Icarus154, 98-112.
Cabrol, N.A., and E.A. Grin 2001. Composition of the drainage network on early Mars. Geomorphology,37, 269-287.
Wynn-Williams, D. D., N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, R. M. Haberle, and C. R. Stoker 2001. Brines in seepage channels as eluents for sub-surface relict biomolecules on Mars? Astrobiology, 2, 165-184.
Haberle, R. M., C. P. McKay, N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, J. Schaeffer, A. P. Zent, and R. Quinn 2001. On the Possibility of Liquid Water on Present Day Mars. JGR., 106, E6, 23,317-23,326.
Cabrol, N. A., and E. A. Grin 2001. The evolution of lacustrine environments on Mars: (Is Mars only Hydrologically Dormant?) Icarus, 149, 291-328.
Cabrol, N. A., G. C. Chong-Diaz, D. Wettergreen, C. R. Stoker, J. M. Dohm, R. Keaten, K. Schwher, V. C. Gulick, R. Landheim, P. Lee, T. L. Roush, A. P. Zent, C. Herrera Lameli, A. Jensen Iglesia, M. Pereira Arredondo, G. C. Dunfield, L. Pedersen, M. G. Bualat, D. Christian, C. Mina, M. H. Sims, H. J. Thomas, D. J. Tucker, and E. Zbinden 2001. Science results of the Atacama Nomad rover field experiment, Chile: implications for planetary exploration. J. Geophys. Res., 106, E4, 7664-7675.
Cabrol, N. A. and E. A. Bettis III , B. Glenister, G. Chong, C. Herrera,, A. Jensen & M. Pereira,C. R. Stoker, E. A. Grin, R. Landheim, G. Thomas, J. Golden, K. Saville, G. Ludvigson, and B. Witzke2001. Nomad Rover Field Experiment, Atacama Desert, (Chile) II. Identification of Paleolife Evidence Using A Robotic Vehicle: Lessons and Recommendations for a Mars Sample Return Mission. J. Geophys. Res ., 106, E4, 7639-7663
Grin, E., C. R. Stoker, N. A. Cabrol, T. Roush, and J. Moersch 2001. Geological Analysis of the Silver Lake Marsokhod Field Test Site from Ground-Truth Sampling. J. Geophys. Res. 106, E4, 7733-7744
Thomas, G., A. Bettis, N. Cabrol, A. Rathe, and T. Foster 2001. Analysis of Science Team Activities During the 1999 Marsokhod Rover Field Experiment: Implications for Automated Planetary Surface Exploration, J. Geophys. Res. 106, E4, 7775-7783
Stoker, C. R., N. A. Cabrol, T. Roush, J. Moersch, J. Marshall, Marsokhod Science Team and Marsokhod Rover Team 2001. Marsokhod Rover Mission Simulation at Silver Lake CA, 2000: Mission Overview. J. Geophys. Res. 106, E4, 7639-7664.
Johnson J. R., S. W. Ruff, J. Bishop, N. A. Cabrol, C. Cockell, P. Gazis, J. Moersch, T. Roush, C. Stoker, K. Horton, H. E. Newsom, and E. A. Grin 2001. Geological Characteristics of Remote Field Sites Using Infrared Spectroscopy: Results from the 1999 Marsokhod Field Test. J. Geophys. Res. 106, E4, 7683-7711.
Fong, T. W., N. Cabrol, C. Thorpe, and C. Baur 2001. A Personal User Interface for Collaborative Human-Robot Exploration. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation in Space, Montréal, Canada, June, 2001.
Technical Reports
Cabrol, N. A. 2003. Limits of life in the Atacama: Robotic investigation of life in the Atacama desert, Chile. ASTEP Science activity report for Year 01. Science report to HQ. 65 p.
Wettergreen, N. Cabrol, F. Calderon, et. al., “Life in the Atacama Field Investigation 2003: Experiment Plans and Technical Results” by D. Robotics Institute Technical Report, CMU-RI-TR-03-50, Carnegie Mellon University, August 2003.
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, R. Friedmann, E. De Vore, C. P. McKay, M. Murbach, I. Friedmann, G. Chong, C. Demergasso, C. Tambley, L. Escudero, K. Kisse, I. Grigorszky, D. Fike, A. Hock, and B. Grigsby (2003). Licancabur: Exploring the limits of life in the highest lake on Earth. In: Director's Discretionary Fund Report for Fiscal Year 2002. NASA/TM-2003-211862, 64-67.
2002. Licancabur Main Expedition: Guidelines, Procedures, and Hazards Mitigation. Tech. Memo LSTM-02, September 2002. Reviewed by Code Q and Approved by NASA Ames Directorate.
Cabrol, N. A. 2002. Licancabur Reconaissance Ascent: Guidelines, Procedures, and Hazards Mitigation. Tech. Memo LSTM-01, July 2002. Reviewed by Code Q and Approved by NASA Ames Directorate.
Cabrol, N. A. 2001. Characterization of materials and suggested grain-size distribution for the NASA Ames Research Center Mars Yard. Mars Yard Technical Document No.1, NASA Ames Ames Internal Technical Document October 2001.29 p.
Cabrol, N. A. 2001. Rover mission scenarios for Martian aqueous environments. Mars Yard Technical Document No.2. NASA-Ames Internal Technical Document.
Abstracts of Communications & Poster Presentations
Thomas, G, N.A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, R. Anderson, J. Wagner, Z. Xiang, A. Kanduri, and J. Glasgow 2003. Human-centered evaluation of information needs for geologists and Mars exploration. ITCC Conference, Abstract.
Acs E., N. A. Cabrol, I. Grigorszky, I. Friedmann, A. Kiss, K. Szabó , and K. T. Kiss 2003. Similarities and dissimilarities in biodiversity of three high-altitude mountain lakes (Andes, Bolivia). 6th Hungarian Ecological Congress, (Dombos M and G. Lakner, Eds.). St. Stephan University, Pub.lishers. Godollo:305.
Fike, D., Cabrol, N., Grin, E., Hock, A., and the 2002 Licancabur Expedition Team. 2003. Exploring the limits of life: microbiology and organic geochemistry of the world's highest lake atop the Licancabur volcano (6000m) and adjacent high altitude lakes. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003.
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, C. P. McKay, I. Friedmann, G. Chong Diaz, C. Demergasso, K. Kisse, I. Grigorszky, R. Ocampo Friedmann, M. S. Murbach, A. Hock, D. A. Fike, C. Tambley, L. Escudero, E. deVore, and B. H.Grigsby 2003.First results of the expedition to the highest lake on earth: studying a martian paleolake in bolivia and the survival strategies developed by living organisms. 34 th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf: 1140.
Kramer, M., N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, C. Potter, M. H. Carr, R. Sletten, J. Dohm, M. Urquhart, C. Tao 2003. Possible surface water/ice flow histories of the uplands region surrounding Gusev Crater. NAI General Meeting 2003 . ASU, Feb. 10-12. (abstract).
Hock, A. N., N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, M. Murbach, D. A. Fike, B. Grigsby, D. A. Paige, C. P. McKay, G. Chong, C. Demargasso, I Friedmann, R. Ocampo-Friedmann, K. T. Kiss, I. Grigorsky, E. deVore 2002. The thermal environment of the world’s highest lake: Results from the first field season at Licancabur Volcano and implications for astrobiology. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P71A-0435, 2002.
Hock, A. N., N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, D. A. Fike, D. A. Paige, 2002 Licancabur Expedition Team, Hydrothermal circulation at the world's highest lake? An environmental study of the Licancabur Volcano crater lake as a terrestrial analog to martian paleolakes. Geophys. Res. Abs., 5, 13586, 2003.
Cabrol, N. A., and the Licancabur Expedition Team 2002: Licancabur 2002 High-Altitude Expedition: Exploring the Environment and the Limits of Life in the Highest Lake on Earth as an Analog to Martian Paleolakes. AGU Fall Assembly, Paper #: P61D-06.
Squyres, S. S., and the Athena Science Team 2002. The MER Mission's Athena Science Investigation AGU Fall Assembly, San Francisco (December 6-10, 2002)
Grin E. A. et al., 2002. Exploring Gusev with MER A. In: AGU (December 6-10, 2002 Fall Meeting, Paper No. 6225 (Abstract)
Thakoor, S., Chahl, M. V. Srinivasan, N. A. Cabrol, L. Young, H. Butler, S. Zornetzer 2002. Mars exploration using biomorphic flyers. Cospar/WSC, Oct. 2002, Houston.
Cabrol, N. A., and E. A. Grin 2002. Astrobiological Implications of Modern Glaciers and Surface Ice on Mars. 2 nd Astrobiology Conference, NASA Ames Research Center. April 2002.
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, D. Fike, H. Newsom, I. Thorsos, N. G. Barlow, R. De Hon, and J. Bishop 2002. Overview of Science and Testable Hypotheses at the Gusev Crater MER A Landing Site. 3 rd Landing Site Workshop, Pasadena, March 2002 (abstract of communication).
Newsom, H., C. Barber, I. Thorsos, A. Davies, N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, N. G. Barlow, R. De Hon, and J. Bishop 2002. Impact Hydrothermal Processes at the Gusev Crater MER A Landing Site, and the Sinus Meridiani Site Landing Site. 3 rd Landing Site Workshop, Pasadena, March 2002 (abstract of communication).
Barlow, N. G., N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, H. Newsom, R. DeHon 2002. Gusev Crater: Assessing its Relevance as the MER-A Landing Site. 3 rd Landing Site Workshop, Pasadena, March 2002 (abstract of communication).
Cabrol, N. A., and E. A. Grin 2002. The Recent Mars Global Warming (MGW) and/or South Pole Advance (SPA) hypothesis: Global geological evidence and reasons why gullies might still be forming today. 33 th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf., abstract. 1058.
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, and D. Fike 2002. Gusev Crater: A Landing Site for MER A. 33 th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf., abstract 1142.
Grin, E. A., N. A. Cabrol, and D. Fike 2002. New evidence of an ice-covered lake in Gusev crater. 33 th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf., abstract 1145.
Grin, E. A., G. Leone, and N. A. Cabrol 2002. Potential sites for evaporite deposits in Gusev crater floor within 2003 MER A landing ellipse. 33 th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf., abstract 1143
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, and J. M. Dohm 2001. From Gullies to Glaciers: a Morphological Continuum Supporting a Recent Climate Change on Mars. AGU Fall Assembly, San Francisco.
Cabrol, N. A., and E. A. Grin 2001. The evolution of lacustrine environments on Mars from Viking to MGS and its astrobiological significance. European Geophysical Society (EGS) General Assembly, Nice
Cabrol, N. A., D. D. Wynn-Williams, D. A. Crawford, and E. A. Grin 2001. Recent aqueous environments in impact craters and the Astrobiology exploration of Mars. 32 nd Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf. , 1251 (abstract).
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, and D. D. Wynn-Williams 2001. Prolonged ponding episode in C-Newton crater in recent geological times on Mars. 32 nd Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf., 1255 (abstract).
Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, and D. D. Wynn-Williams 2001. Exploring Impact Crater Lakes in 2003. In: First Landing Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Rover exploration Rovers, LPI Contribution No. 1079, 10-11.