Fluvial features on Titan - Cassini VIMS and Cassini RADAR observations

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Sep 2008

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European Planetary Science Congress 2008, Proceedings of the conference held 21-25 September, 2008 in Münster, Germany. Online a

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Abstract Fluvial erosion on Titans surface is a topic of special interest in recent years. Erosion caused by a liquid medium could be detected in data captured by the Cassini spacecraft, e.g. in VIMS-images [1], RADAR swaths [2,3] and ISS-data [4]. Numerous fluvial channels have been evidenced in images of Titan's equatorial and polar regions. At some places fluvial incision could be retraced several hundreds of kilometers. Investigations of VIMS-data suggest that Titan's channels often develop on "bright" regions, i.e. terrain appearing bright at 2μm. These bright regions are expected to be elevated terrain compared to the surrounding dark terrain [5]. This study investigates potential fluvial areas and compares them regarding their appearance in VIMS- and Radar-images. The relation between VIMS-bright and Radar-bright terrain is discussed in the context of the channeldevelopment.

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