Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986e%26psl..76..227w&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 76, no. 3-4, Jan. 1986, p. 227-240.
Physics
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Coriolis Effect, Glaciers, Mars Surface, Polar Regions, Ice, Planetary Rotation, Polar Caps, Spirals, Viscosity, Mars, Polar Regions, Ice, Coriolis Force, Patterns, Topography, Flow, Hypotheses, Ice Caps, Viscosity, Gravity Effects, Tectonics, Kinematics, Fractures, Velocity, Thermal Effects, Pressure, Layers, Deposits
Scientific paper
It is argued that the spiral patterns observed by the Mariner spacecraft in the layered ice deposits of the Martian polar regions are fractures which are formed perpendicularly to the gravitionally directed flow lines deflected by Coriolis forces. The minimum effective kinematic viscosity which is consistent with this hypothesis is 7 million sq m/s. It is shown that an occasional kinematic viscosity of 7 million sq m/s is sufficient to cause flow rates of 0.2 m/s along the slopes of the topographic highs. This flow rate would imply that glacier surges on the Martian poles are two orders of magnitude faster than those observed on earth.
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