Ice sublimation and rheology - Implications for the Martian polar layered deposits

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Ice, Mars (Planet), Rheology, Sublimation, Cements, Creep Properties, Mars Observer, Powder (Particles), Shear Strain, Viking Spacecraft, Mars, Ice, Sublimation, Rheology, Polar Regions, Deposits, Water Ice, Formation, Evolution, Structure, Layers, Flow, Composition, Creep, Dust, Thickness, Duricrust, Spacecraft Observations, Surface, Age, Cementation

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If the sublimation and creep of water ice are important processes in the Martian polar layered deposits, ice-rich scenario formation and evolution schemes must invoke a mechanism for the inhibition of sublimation, such as a dust layer derived from the residue of the sublimating deposits. This layer could be of the order of 1 m in thickness. If the deposits are ice-rich, flows of more than 1 km should have occurred. It is noted that the dust particles in question may be cemented by such ice that may be present, but that impurities may also have served to cement dust particles together even in the absence of ice.

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