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Mars Exploration Rover's image analysis: Evidence of Microbialites on Mars. (Abstract/Comunicazione in atti di convegno)
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Bianciardi Giorgio (1), Rizzo Vincenzo (2), Cantasano Nicola (3) (2015)
Mars Exploration Rover's image analysis: Evidence of Microbialites on Mars.
in General Assembly 2015, Vienna, 12-17/04/2015
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- (1) University of Siena, Dpt. Medical Biotechnologies
(2) National Research Council - retired -
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Vol. 17, EGU2015-3876, 2015
EGU General Assembly 2015
© Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License.
Mars Exploration Rover's image analysis: Evidence of Microbialites on
Mars.
Giorgio Bianciardi (1), Vincenzo Rizzo (2), and Nicola Cantasano (3)
(1) University of Siena, Dpt. Medical Biotechnologies, Siena, Italy (gbianciardi@unisi.it), (2) National Research Council -
retired -, Via Repaci 22, Rende, Cosenza, Italy, (3) National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in
the Mediterranean, Rende Research Unit, Cosenza, Italy
The Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, investigated Martian plains, where sedimentary rocks are
present. The Mars Exploration Rover's Athena morphological investigation showed microstructures organized in
intertwined filaments of microspherules: a texture we have also found on samples of terrestrial (biogenic) stromatolites
and other microbialites. We performed a quantitative image analysis to compare images of microbialites
with the images photographed by the Rovers (corresponding, approximately, to 25,000/25,000 microstructures,
Earth/Mars). Contours were extracted and morphometric indexes were obtained: geometric and algorithmic complexities,
entropy, tortuosity, minimum and maximum diameters. Terrestrial and Martian textures present a multifractal
aspect. Mean values and confidence intervals from the Martian images overlapped perfectly with those from
the terrestrial samples. The probability of this occurring by chance is 1/2^8, less than p<0.004. Terrestrial abiogenic
pseudostromatolites showed a simple fractal structure and different morphometric values from those of the terrestrial
biogenic stromatolite images or Martian images with a less ordered texture (p<0.001). Our work shows the
presumptive evidence of microbialites in the Martian outcroppings: the presence of unicellular life widespread on
the ancient Mars. (literal)
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