Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jun 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9810973c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. E6, p. 10,973-11,016.
Mathematics
Logic
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Ground Water, Hydrology Models, Mars Atmosphere, Mars Surface, Planetary Meteorology, Planetary Crusts, Planetary Evolution, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Mars, Water, Model, Climate, Hydrology, Groundwater, Porosity, Depth, Thermal Properties, Structure, Distribution, Analogs, Source, Stability, Flow, Permiability, Equatorial Region, Ground Ice, Crust, Origin, Heat, Transport, Cryosphere, Polar Region, Deposition, Melting, Hydrosphere, Evolution, Emplacement, Recharge, Channels, Obliquity, Subsurface, Atmosph
Scientific paper
An analysis is carried out of the hydrologic response of a water-rich Mars to climate change and to the physical and thermal evolution of its crust, with particular attention given to the potential role of the subsurface transport, assuming that the current models of insolation-driven change describe reasonably the atmospheric leg of the planet's long-term hydrologic cycle. Among the items considered are the thermal and hydrologic properties of the crust, the potential distribution of ground ice and ground water, the stability and replenishment of equatorial ground ice, basal melting and the polar mass balance, the thermal evolution of the early cryosphere, the recharge of the valley networks and outflow, and several processes that are likely to drive the large-scale vertical and horizontal transport of H2O within the crust. The results lead to the conclusion that subsurface transport has likely played an important role in the geomorphic evolution of the Martian surface and the long-term cycling of H2O between the atmosphere, polar caps, and near-surface crust.
Clifford Stephen M.
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