Origin of the stepped topography of the Martian poles

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Jun 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978icar...34..581h&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 34, June 1978, p. 581-599.

Physics

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Escarpments, Mars Surface, Polar Regions, Terrain Analysis, Topography, Ablation, Albedo, Condensing, Relief Maps, Water, Temperatures, Wind, Ice, Scarps, Evolution, Water Vapor, Condensation, Albedo, Mars, Topography, Origin, Polar Regions, Erosion

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Ablation and condensation of water vapor are suggested as the principal factors responsible for the circumpolar layered and stepped terrain found at the North and South Poles of Mars. A metastable erosion rate due to decreasing albedo and increasing radiation input caused by dust deposits on the steeper slopes of the ablating layered deposits provides a mechanism for the development of the stepped topography. Loose excess dust accumulated during scarp ablation may then be removed by wind erosion.

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