Crater streaks in the Chryse Planitia region of Mars - Early Viking results

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Jun 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978icar...34..556g&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 34, June 1978, p. 556-567.

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Craters, Mars Surface, Viking Orbiter 1, Wind Effects, Albedo, Mars Photographs, Viking Orbiter 2, Wind Erosion, Viking, Origin, Albedo, Morphology, Topography, Morphometry, Craters, Crater Streaks, Chryse, Planitia, Lunae, Planum, Viking Orbiter, Eolian Features

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A statistical analysis of 614 crater streaks in Viking Orbiter I imagery of Chryse Planitia and eastern Lunae Planum provides information on Martian eolian (windblown) processes. The morphology of the streaks and their parent craters, the terrain type in which the streaks are found, and Viking Lander I meteorological data figure in the study. Light streaks probably due to eolian deposition by high-velocity northeasterly winds are noted, together with less common dark streaks apparently caused by erosion due to southwesterly winds. The frequency of the streaks is highest in knobby terrain and lowest on elevated plateaus; wind turbulence around the knobs may account for this differential frequency.

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