The Life Cycle of Young Gullies on Mars: Gullies as a Transient Product of Ice-rich Mantle Emplacement and Removal

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Mar 2010

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41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 1-5, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.1002

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We propose a model for gully evolution on Mars: 1. Deposition of
ice-rich mantle; 2. Erosion of that mantle by surface melting; 3.
Removal of the mantle, erasing the record of gully activity. This
accounts for the lack of older gullies on Mars.

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