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  • 11
    Publication Date: 2019-01-25
    Description: A model for H2O distribution and migration on Mars was formulated which takes into account: (1) thermal variations at all depths in the regolith due to variations in obliquity, eccentricity and the solar constant; (2) variations in atmospheric PH2O caused by corresponding changes in polar surface insolation; and (3) the finite kinetics of H2O migration in both the regolith and atmosphere. Results suggest that regolith H2O transport rates are more strongly influenced by polar-controlled atmospheric PH2O variations than variations in pore gas PH2O brought about by thermal variations at the buried ice interface. The configuration of the ice interface as a function of assumed soil parameter and time is derived. Withdrawal of ice proceeds to various depths at latitudes less than 50 deg and is accompanied by filling of regolith pores at latitudes greater than 50 deg and transfer of H2O to the polar cap. The transfer has a somewhat oscillatory character, but only less than 1g/sq cm is shifted into and out the regolith during each obliquity cycle. It is concluded that this process combined with periodic thermal cycles played a major role in development of the fretted terrain, deflationary features in general, patterned ground, the north polar cap and the layered terrain.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: NASA, Washington Repts. of Planetary Geol. and Geophys. Program, 1984; p 337
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  • 12
    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: Radiative equilibrium temperature calculations for Mars are presented, using the model of Kuhn et al. (1978). The maximum amount of ozone measured was 57 microns over the polar hood during winter. Results indicate that, although a minor constituent in the Martian atmosphere, ozone may play a significant role in controlling the rate of carbon dioxide deposition and thus the atmospheric pressure.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 84; Dec. 30
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  • 13
    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Description: There is general agreement that certain surface features on Mars are indicative of the presence of liquid water at various times in the geologic past. In particular, the valley networks are difficult to explain by a mechanism other than the flow of liquid water. It has been suggested in several studies that a thick CO2 atmosphere on Mars early in its history could have provided a greenhouse warming that would have allowed the flow of water either on the surface or just below the surface. However, this effect was examined with a detailed radiation model, and it was found that if reduced solar luminosity early in the history of the solar system is taken into account, even three bars of CO2 will not provide sufficient greeenhouse warming. The addition of water vapor and sulflur dioxide (both plausible gases that may have been emitted by Martian volcanoes) to the atmosphere also fail to warm the surface above 273 K for reduced solar luminosity conditions. The increase in temperature may be large enough, however, for the formation of these features by brines.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227); 91; D431-D43
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  • 14
    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Description: The state and distribution of H2O molecules at high latitudes are evaluated numerically with emphasis on the effects of seasonal temperatures on the kinetics of H2O transport. The investigation is carried out with a thermal model for the regolith regions from the surface through the ice interface and an atmospheric model for the H2O vapor density at the surface as a function of latitude. Few differences are found in the state and distribution of H2O whether the regolith is composed of Montmorillonite or basalt. During an obliquity cycle, the average exchanged H2O mass is determined to be in the range 1-20 gr/sq cm over the planetary surface, with a total maximum exchanged volume of 1500 cu km of H2O. The exchanged mass would arise mainly from ground ice in the case of a basalt regolith and from adsorbed H2O with Montmorillonite. Finally, seasonal ice stabilization is expected to occur at latitudes above 40 deg when obliquities exceed 25 deg.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035); 67; 19-36
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  • 15
    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Description: An analytical model is developed for the factors which changed the initial distribution and state of H2O, mainly trapped as subsurface ice, on Mars. A uniform initial ice distribution is assumed, and changes in ice layer thickness are calculated at discrete latitudes of Mars. The thermal/diffusive model used for the calculations accounts for variations in the solar luminosity, the planetary obliquity and eccentricity, with obliquity starting 3.5 Gyr ago, and insolation at various latitudes. Attention is given to variations in the albedo due to seasonal CO2 variations, in the regolith temperature, and in atmospheric pressure. Migration of H2O into and out of the regolith is a function of the H2O vapor temperature at the subsurface ice boundary and the annual average H2O at the base of the atmosphere. Projections of the ice thickness over 100 obliquity periods indicate that the intensity of the obliquity effects are latitudinally dependent. H2O atmospheric concentrations are projected to vary up to six orders of magnitude over an obliquity cycle.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035); 67; 1-18
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