Publication Date:
2019-08-17
Description:
The approximately concentric arrangement of layered deposits and dune fields at the two Martian poles may reflect a nearly steady state dispersal of material from the polar deposits. Data on effective surface winds from high resolution Viking Images combined with theory of local winds suggest that the northern dunes are in part confined to a latitude band by winds generated by their own low albedo. Dispersal of the dark sand from the southern polar region is not subject to this kind of feedback because the irregular topography prevents areal accumulations sufficiently extensive to produce winds.
Keywords:
Lunar and Planetary Exploration
Type:
Paper-94JE02639
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MSATT: Mars Surface and Atmosphere Through Time; 100; E3; 5397-5406; NASA/TM-95-207228
Format:
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