A Warmer Atmosphere on Mars Near the Noachian-Hesperian Boundary: Evidence from Basal Melting of the South Polar Ice Cap (Dorsa Argentea Formation)

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Mar 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011lpi....42.1212f&link_type=abstract

42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7–11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1608, p.1212

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Dorsa Argentea Formation (Noachian-Hesperian) eskers are evidence for
basal melting. Ice-flow models show that the mean annual south polar
temperature must be raised to -50° to -75°C,
providing an independent estimate of elevated lower latitude surface
temperature.

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