Particle motion on Mars inferred from the Viking lander cameras

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Sep 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.4430s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, Sept. 30, 1977, p. 4430-4438.

Physics

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Dust Storms, Mars Surface, Particle Motion, Viking Lander Spacecraft, Wind Effects, Albedo, Mariner 9 Space Probe, Particulates, Sands, Wind Direction

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Data from Viking lander cameras indicate fine particle mobility on the surface of Mars such as: probable ventifacts, rock-associated raised streaks, and particulate drifts. Peak wind directions inferred from Chryse and Utopia are roughly equal, and are consistant with those inferred by orbiter photography. A 24 deg systematic offset between: (1) the direction of rock-associated streaks in the Viking I landing site, and (2) Mariner 9 and Viking observations of crater-associated streaks is consistant with a Coriolis acceleration of particles entrained by high-velocity winds during the production of crater-associated streaks. It is suggested that if a large fraction of collision impact energy goes into deformation, strain, and rupture, a preferential destruction of the most easily saltated grains and a depletion of 15-micron diameter grains will be observed. Investigations of particulates dumped on the landing grid suggest that major saltation events took place between sols 96 and 207, caused by winds of greater than 50 meters/sec normalized to the top of the boundary layer.

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