Dark material in the polar layered deposits on Mars

Details Dark material in the polar layered deposits on Mars Dark material in the polar layered deposits on Mars

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992msat.work...72h&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on the Martian Surface and Atmosphere Through Time p 72-73 (SEE N92-28988 19-91)

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Climate Change, Deposits, Dust, Mars Environment, Mars Surface, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Geology, Polar Regions, Basalt, Ice, Sands, Sublimation, Weathering

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The Martian polar layered deposits probably record periodic variations in the deposition of dust and ice caused by climate changes over the past 10 to 100 million years. The polar layered deposits appear to be the source of dark, saltating material that has been distributed over the surface of Mars, but the mechanisms by which this material is incorporated and eroded from the layered deposits is unknown. These mechanisms must be understood before the processes that formed and modified the layered deposits can be inferred and related to Martian climate changes. In summary, weathering of the Martian layered deposits by sublimation of water ice may account for the geologic relationships observed in the Martian polar regions. The non-volatile components of the layered deposits appears to consist mainly of bright red dust, with small amounts of dark dust or sand. Alternatively, dark sand-sized basaltic particles may occasionally be transported onto the layered deposits, forming thin layers. Once eroded, particles of either type may saltate to form the dark dunes found in both polar regions.

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