Identifying the topographic signature of early Martian oceans
, all observed within the putative coastal shelf zone. Our results support the presence of an ancient ocean on Mars and indicate that topographic shelves rather than shorelines may be better indicators of long-lived oceans.
Authors
- Abdallah S. Zaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4030-2105)
- Michael P. Lamb
Institutions
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10381-2
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00