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Dynamic Mars : recent and current landscape evolution of the red planet /
Dynamic Mars: Recent Landscape Evolution of the Red Planet presents the latest developments in understanding the geological history of Mars. Presenting observational data and tightly-linked scientific hypotheses across a broad swath of landscapes, latitudes and geological contexts, as well as an exa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA :
Elsevier,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Dynamic Mars; Dynamic Mars; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; MARINERS' WAY: BEYOND THE FUTURE TO THE PAST; 1. THE FUTURE; 2. THE PAST; 3. NOTES; 1
- LATE AMAZONIAN EPOCH CLIMATE; 1
- ORBITAL (CLIMATIC) FORCING AND ITS IMPRINT ON THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARS CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS; 1.1.2 THE PRESENT ATMOSPHERE OF MARS; 1.2 CLIMATE FORCING; 1.2.1 OBLIQUITY; 1.2.2 ECCENTRICITY; 1.2.3 ARGUMENT OF PERIHELION; 1.2.4 TOTAL INSOLATION; 1.2.5 ORBITAL-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; 1.2.6 SURFACE PROPERTIES; 1.2.7 PUTTING IT TOGETHER
- 1.3 VOLATILE EMPLACEMENT1.3.1 SURFACE LAYERING; 1.3.2 ATMOSPHERIC DUST; 1.3.3 SUBSURFACE ICE AND VAPOR DIFFUSION; 1.3.4 LIQUID WATER; 1.4 MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE; 1.4.1 POLAR ICE; 1.4.2 HIGH-LATITUDE ICE; 1.4.2.1 Observations by Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer; 1.4.2.2 Measurements by the Mars Phoenix Lander; 1.4.3 MID-LATITUDE ICE; 1.4.3.1 Latitude-Dependent Mantle; 1.4.3.2 Pedestal Craters; 1.4.3.3 Other Impact Craters; 1.4.3.4 Expanded Impact Craters; 1.4.3.5 Scalloped Depressions; 1.4.3.6 Putative Periglacial Landforms; 1.4.3.7 Terraced Craters
- 1.4.4 OTHER MID- AND LOW-LATITUDE ICE DEPOSITS1.4.4.1 Pasted-on Terrain and Gullies; 1.4.4.2 Lobate Debris Aprons, Lineated Valley Fill, and Ice-Rich Flows; 1.4.4.3 Radar Observations; 1.4.4.4 Tropical Mountain Glaciers; 1.5 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 2
- RECENT SURFACE WATER AT/NEARTHE MID-LATITUDES?; 2
- UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF RECURRING SLOPE LINEAE; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 METHODS; 2.3 OBSERVATIONS; 2.3.1 GLOBAL; 2.3.2 SOUTHERN MIDLATITUDE; 2.3.3 VALLES MARINERIS; 2.3.4 CHRYSE AND ACIDALIA PLANITIAE; 2.3.5 KASEI VALLES; 2.3.6 CERBERUS FOSSAE
- 2.3.7 MARGARITIFER AND ARABIA TERRAE2.3.8 LOW-ALBEDO TROPICAL HIGHLANDS; 2.4 DISCUSSION; 2.4.1 RECURRING SLOPE LINEAE VERSUS SLOPE STREAKS; 2.4.2 RECURRING SLOPE LINEAE SEASONALITY; 2.5 MECHANISMS; 2.5.1 DRY GRANULAR FLOW MECHANISMS; 2.5.2 WET-TRIGGERED DEBRIS FLOW MECHANISMS; 2.5.3 WET-DOMINATED FLOW MECHANISMS; 2.5.4 MECHANISM DISCUSSION; 2.6 SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 3
- MARTIAN GULLIES AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE MARTIAN CLIMATE; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 CLIMATIC ORIGINS FOR MARTIAN GULLIES; 3.2.1 MELTING OF WATER ICE; 3.2.1.1 Aquifer; 3.2.1.2 Ground Ice
- 3.2.1.3 Atmospheric Ice Deposits3.2.1.4 Melting the Ice; 3.2.2 CO2 SUBLIMATION; 3.3 APPROACH; 3.4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 3.4.1 ZERO-CELSIUS CYCLES; 3.4.2 CO2 DEPOSITION; 3.4.3 SUMMARY; 3.5 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 4
- LATE AMAZONIAN-AGED CHANNEL AND ISLAND SYSTEMS LOCATED EAST OF OLYMPUS MONS, MARS; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 METHODS AND TERMINOLOGY; 4.3 THE NORTHWESTERN THARSIS CHANNELS AND ISLANDS; 4.3.1 REGIONAL PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES; 4.3.1.1 The Olympica Region; 4.3.1.2 The Cyane-Pavonis Flows and Channels; 4.3.1.3 The Gordii Region; 4.4 STREAMLINED FORMS AND ISLANDS