Possible Mechanism for Boulder Clustering on Thermal Contraction Polygons

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Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1652

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We propose that the CO_2 frost formed in martian winters locks boulders
in place during the contraction phase of the seasonal cycle, and then in
summer, boulders shift outward with expanding surface material leading
to clustering in polygon margins.

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