Polygonal cracks in bedrock on Earth and Mars: Implications for weathering

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Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008icar..194...65c&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 194, Issue 1, p. 65-71.

Physics

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Polygonal crack systems with domal microrelief imaged by the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity show remarkable similarity to terrestrial crack systems developed on outcrop surfaces. Study of Jurassic Navajo Sandstone surfaces show development of crack systems in relatively isotropic host rock as a result of tensile weathering stresses. These terrestrial analogs are utilized to understand potential weathering processes on Mars.

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