Downslope movement of material on Deimos

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May 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...42..234t&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 42, May 1980, p. 234-250.

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Astronomical Photography, Debris, Deimos, Mars Environment, Meteorite Craters, Viking Mars Program, Micrometeoroids, Particle Motion, Phobos, Rims, Seismology, Mars, Satellites, Deimos, Surface, Craters, Transport, Sedimentation, Streamers, Brightness, Distribution, Data, Ejecta, Volume, Motion, Meteoroids, Impacts, Electrostatic Effects, Origin, Characteristics, Deposits, Deposition

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Viking Orbiter images have shown downslope movement of loose material to be an important surface process on Deimos. Loose surface material moves downslope from prominent ridges and accumulates in topographic lows. In some areas, up to 10 m of surface material have been removed; in others, craters up to 200 m in diameter have been filled completely by material moving downslope. Brighter material associated with, and probably derived from crater rims, also moves downslope and forms tapered streamers up to 3 km in length which appear as prominent features on the satellite. The mechanism for downslope movement is uncertain, but thermal creep, micrometeroroid bombardment and impact-related seismic shaking may be involved. Certain craters show conspicuous infilling even though their prominent rims should prevent material moving downslope from reaching their interiors. Such fill must have been emplaced ballistically - the amounts of sediment suggest that over half of all ejecta produced on Deimos are retained on the satellite. Phobos appears to retain little ejecta and shows little evidence of downslope movement of debris.

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