Hydraulic and Thermal Constraints on the Development of the Martian Valley Networks

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..231c&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 231

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Mars, Mars: Hydrothermal Constraints, Valley Networks, Water

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The resemblance of the Martian valley networks to terrestrial runoff channels, and their almost exclusive occurrence in the planet's heavily cratered highlands, suggested to many early investigators that the networks were the product of rainfall--relics of a significantly warmer and wetter climate that existed early in the planet's history. However, in response to mounting geologic and theoretical arguments against the existence of a warm early Mars, efforts to explain the genesis of the networks have refocused on potential contributing endogenetic conditions and mechanisms. This abstract examines the hydraulic and thermal constraints that would have been imposed on the development of the networks by the existence of a colder climate.

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