Heating and Cooling of Rocks on Mars: Consequences for Weathering

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Mar 2003

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34th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 17-21, 2003, League City, Texas, abstract no.1320

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We show that rates of surface and near-surface rock temperature
variation on Mars due to sudden obscuration of the sun by topographic
obstacles, especially at high latitudes, may be large enough to cause
mechanical weathering by exfoliation or granular disintegration.

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