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- Abstract:
- The history of Mars’ paleoclimate is explored using sedimentary records from both the Noachian and Amazonian periods. Sedimentary structures indicative of a progradational delta are described in a Noachian-aged paleolake basin. Studies of gullies on Mars and the development of a chronostratigraphic marker show that gullies have been active in the recent geologic past. Ice-rich latitude-dependent mantling deposits are a likely source of meltwater for gully activity. These mantling deposits date from a recent obliquity-controlled ice age, are younger at high latitudes, and extend equatorially to approximately 30 degrees north and south latitude.
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- Thesis (Ph.D. -- Brown University (2012)
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Citation
Schon, Samuel C.,
"Clues to Martian Paleoclimate: Ice Reservoirs, Sediment Transport, and Depositional Environments"
(2012).
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Theses and Dissertations.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0BG2M8S
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Theses and Dissertations for the Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences department....