Mars Geological Enigmas: From the Late Noachian Epoch to the Present Day presents outstanding questions on the geology of Mars and divergent viewpoints based on varying interpretations and analyses. The result is a robust and comprehensive discussion that provides opportunities for planetary scientists to develop their own opinions and ways forward. Each theme opens with an introduction that includes background on the topic and lays out questions to be addressed. Alternate perspectives are covered for each topic, including methods, observations, analyses, and in-depth discussion of the conclusions. Chapters within each theme reference each other to facilitate comparison and deeper understanding of divergent opinions. - Offers a transchronological view of the geological history of Mars, addressing thematic questions from a broad temporal perspective - Discusses outstanding questions on Mars from diverging perspectives - Includes key questions and answers, as well as a look ahead to which puzzles remain to be solved

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Why Mars: a prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1 Resolving Martian enigmas, discovering new ones: the case of Curiosity and Gale crater
I: Of frozen floods, unfathomable deeps; on ancient Mars, what fluid formed the enormous outflow channels and highland-margin contacts?
II: Can impact craters be used to derive reliable surface ages on Mars?
III: The Perplexing Story of Methane on Mars
IV: Does water flow on Martian slopes?
V: Earth Analogs for Mars - a Plethora of Choice!
VI: The freeze-thaw cycling of water at/near the Martian surface: present, past, and possible?
VII: Hemispheres together: toward understanding the crustal dichotomy on Mars
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