Martian Layered Fluvial Deposits: Implications for Noachian Climate Scenarios

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Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30xpla6m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 24, pp. PLA 6-1, CiteID 2292, DOI 10.1029/2003GL019002

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Hydrology: Erosion And Sedimentation, Hydrology: Geomorphology (1625), Planetary Sciences: Atmospheres-Evolution, Planetary Sciences: Erosion And Weathering, Planetary Sciences: Surface Materials And Properties

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Fluvial deposits in a basin north of Holden crater exhibiting a sinuous, anabranching pattern are of deltaic or fan origin. Channel width and meander wavelength indicate persistent flow magnitudes of about 700 m3/s. If these flows were produced by quasi-periodic climate episodes involving typical terrestrial-style precipitation, the deposit required thousands to millions of years to accumulate. However, a scenario of deposition during a few short episodes of constant heavy precipitation resulting from large impacts cannot be excluded.

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