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Evidence for Recent Groundwater Seepage and Surface Runoff on Mars
Ist Teil von
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2000-06, Vol.288 (5475), p.2330-2335
Ort / Verlag
Washington, DC: American Society for the Advancement of Science
Erscheinungsjahr
2000
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Relatively young landforms on Mars, seen in high-resolution images acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera since March 1999, suggest the presence of sources of liquid water at shallow depths beneath the martian surface. Found at middle and high martian latitudes (particularly in the southern hemisphere), gullies within the walls of a very small number of impact craters, south polar pits, and two of the larger martian valleys display geomorphic features that can be explained by processes associated with groundwater seepage and surface runoff. The relative youth of the landforms is indicated by the superposition of the gullies on otherwise geologically young surfaces and by the absence of superimposed landforms or cross-cutting features, including impact craters, small polygons, and eolian dunes. The limited size and geographic distribution of the features argue for constrained source reservoirs.