Polar sediment accumulation : Role of surface winds at the two poles
- Author:
- Gierasch, P. J.
- Published:
- JAN 1, 1993.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Thomas, P. C.
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- The accumulation of the large deposits of volatile and nonvolatile sediments at both Martian poles has occurred through periods of likely climate change. Most data on wind directions near the Martian poles and seasonal activity relate to a very short period of time, at one point in climate cycles. It is still uncertain what the net budgets to the poles are and how this budget (if known) would fit into longer climate/sediment cycles. Pending further data we examined the full suite of Viking high-resolution, high-latitude images for wind markers of all sizes and types. These probably represent timescales of formation from days to several tens of thousands of years. The goal is to estimate the effectiveness, and possible drivers, of wind systems that bring materials near the surface to the regions of polar sediments and that also remove materials from the polar areas.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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- Document ID: 19940028727.
Accession ID: 94N33233.
Lunar and Planetary Inst., Mars: Past, Present, and Future. Results from the MSATT Program, Part 1; p 49. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
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