Planetary Science

Planetary Science

Research 01 July 2020

investigation of dry/arid region of the Andes, as a Martian analogue research area
ground ice, subsurface meltwater and ephemeral stream-analyses for the explanation of Martian phenomena
sediment-analysis in high, dry massifs: searching for Martian-type extreme environments
field tests of geological research equipment for extraterrestrial use

Publications

Planetary Science

Kereszturi, A., Aszalos, J.M. , Heiling, Zs., Igneczi, Á., Kapui, Zs., Király, Cs., Leél-Őssy, Sz., Szalai, Z., Nemerkényi, Zs., Pál, B., Skulteti, A. and Nagy, B. (2022) Wind-snow interactions at the Ojos del Salado region as a potential Mars analogue site in the Altiplano – Atacama desert region. – ICARUS 378 Paper: 114941
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114941
Kereszturi, Á., Kapui, Zs., Pál, B., Skultét,i Á.: Alföldi szikestől az Atacama-sivatagig: miként támogatjuk az ExoMars rover fúrásait - Magyar Űrkutatási Fórum 2019, Sopron, p. 41 (In Hungarian. From the Great Plain to the Atacama Desert: how we support the ExoMars rover drilling – in: Hungarian Space Forum)
Kereszturi, Á..Field work at Ojos del Salado: a new high altitude extreme Mars analogue candidate site in Atacama desert - European Planetray Science Congress, Berlin, id.EPSC2018-216, 2 p. (2018)
Kereszturi, Á.: Unique and Potentially Mars-Relevant Flow Regime and Water Sources at a High Andes-Atacama Site - Astrobiology, Vol. 20, No.6, pp. 723-740
https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.2013
Nagy, B., Kovács, J., Ignéczi, Á., Beleznai, Sz., Mari, L., Kereszturi, Á., Szalai, Z.: The thermal behavior of ice-bearing ground: the highest cold, dry desert on Earth as an analogue for conditions on Mars, at Ojos del Salado, Puna de Atacama-High-Andes region - Astrobiology, Vol. 20, No.6, pp. 701-722
https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.2021
Kereszturi, Á., Aszalós, J., Heiling, Zs., Ignéczi, Á., Király, Cs., Leél-Őssy, Sz., Nagy, B., Nemerkényi, Zs., Pál, B., Skulteti, A., Szalai, Z.: Cold, dry, windy and UV irradiated: Surveying Mars-relevant conditions in Ojos del Salado Volcano (Andes Mountains, Chile) - Astrobiology, Vol. 20, No.6, pp. 677-683
https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2019.2165

Permachile in numbers

Temperature change

Astrobiology Special Collection: Atacama – Based on the Permachile+ Monitoring Network Program

Researchers

Planetary Science

Sites

Planetary Science

Ojos del Salado – dry/arid Andes

Külgazdasági és Külügyminisztérium

Collaborating Partners

CCIRA

Földgömb Foundation

MATE

MRE

ELTE

Conaf

GORE Atacama

UCN

KKM

Chilei Magyar Kereskedelmi Kamara

Funding

KEH

NKFIH

PAGEO

Vodafone

Vízdiplomácia 2019

Ministery of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary