Grooves on PHOBOS - Their distribution, morphology and possible origin

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Dec 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84.8457t&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Dec. 30, 1979, p. 8457-8477.

Physics

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Geomorphology, Grooves, Phobos, Photogeology, Regolith, Craters, Crustal Fractures, Deimos, Distribution (Property), Geochronology, Satellite-Borne Photography, Topography, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft

Scientific paper

The global distribution, morphology, age, possible origin and significance of the long, linear depressions termed grooves on the surface of Phobos are discussed, based on Viking Orbiter data. The grooves, which consist of linear strings of coalesced and separate depressions in a loose regolith up to 100-200 m in depth, are observed to define the intersection of several sets of parallel planes with the surface of Phobos, with the widest and deepest grooves occurring just outside the rim of the 10-km crater, Stickney. The superposition of the grooves on older craters, crater density within the grooves and the intersections of groove sets suggest that the grooves are all of the same age, with their formation closely following that of Stickney. The evidence of groove morphology and distribution is used to attribute their formation to the enlargement of preexisting fractures or the formation of new fractures by the Stickney impact, causing the mobilization of the regolith along the fractures. The lack of observable grooves on Deimos is explained by the absence of a crater large enough to have severly fractured its surface.

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