Freezing of Martian streams under climatic conditions

Details Freezing of Martian streams under climatic conditions Freezing of Martian streams under climatic conditions

Apr 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984pggp.rept..185c&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Washington Rept. of Planetary Geol. Programs p 185-187 (SEE N84-23431 13-91)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Climate, Freezing, Mars (Planet), Mars Environment, Mars Surface, Streams, Mars Atmosphere, Planetary Temperature, Water Erosion

Scientific paper

The valley networks of Mars are widely believed to have formed at a time when climatic conditions on the planet were significantly different from those that currently prevail. This view arises from the following observations: (1) the valleys form integrated branching networks which suggests fluid drainage, and water is the most plausible fluid, (2) the present atmosphere contains only minute amounts of water, (3) the networks appear to be more akin to terrestrial valleys that are eroded by streams of modest discharges than features that form by catastrophic floods, and (4) small streams of water will rapidly freeze under present climatic conditions. Climatic conditions at the time of formation of the valleys are studied based on the assumption that they were cut by running water.

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