Recent results from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) experiment on Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) indicate that most of Mars is characterized by a very gentle, roughly northerly slope. Detailed mapping in north-central Arabia Terra combined with superposition relations and crater counts indicate that, in that region at least, this northerly slope must have been formed no later than Late Hesperian, with the most likely time of formation being Late Hesperian. Current research in Utopia Planitia intended as a test of extant models for the formation of giant polygons has turned up good evidence for a Late Hesperian age for the northerly tilt in this region as well, as will be discussed.


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    Titel :

    Age of the Mars Global Northerly Slope: Evidence From Utopia Planitia


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2002-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


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    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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