Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003psrd.repte..75m&link_type=abstract
Planetary Science Research Discoveries
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Mars, Martian, Gullies, Gully, Water, Aquifers, Meltwater, Seepage, Carbon Dioxide, Brines, Debris Flow, Nakhla
Scientific paper
There are a lot of gullies on certain Martian slopes and just about as many ideas of how they formed. The proposed origins of gullies include seepage of groundwater or brines, outbursts of carbon dioxide, snowmelt, geothermal activity, or dry flows of windblown dust and silt. Research teams have been publishing their hypotheses since the gullies were first announced in 2000, and the discussions are still lively. For example, a quick search of the terms "Martian or Mars or gullies or seepage" on the NASA Astrophysics Data System delivered nearly 20 references to papers or abstracts published just in the past eight months. Gullies are such a hot topic, some researchers would argue, because they could indicate sources of liquid water at shallow depths. PSRD provides a rundown of the leading hypotheses to explain how Martian gullies form and how researchers use chemical data from Martian meteorites and knowledge of the Earth to support their points of view.
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