Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jgr...103.5897c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 103, p. 5897
Mathematics
Logic
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Land Ice, Glaciers, Mars Surface, Rheology, Planetology, Rocks, Structural Properties (Geology), Planetary Geology
Scientific paper
Several geologic features suggest the presence of rock glaciers on the surface of Mars. These features include lobate debris aprons, concentric crater fill, and lineated valley fill. The lateral extent of these rock glaciers can range from 5 to over 20 km. A simple time-marching model is developed and used here to demonstrate the ability of ice and ice-rock mixtures to flow under Martian conditions. For temperatures lower than about 220 K, even pure ice becomes too rigid to flow, and a glacier 5 km long could not have formed. Results from this model indicate temperatures 20 to 40 K higher than present average midlatitude temperatures (210 K), an ice content of no less than 80 percent, and a net accumulation rate of at least one cm/year are required to produce rock glaciers of the size seen on Mars.
Colaprete Anthony
Jakosky Bruce M.
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