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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 29, NO. 1,
1013,
doi:10.1029/2001GL013345,
2002
Recent aqueous floods from the Cerberus Fossae, Mars
Devon M. Burr
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,
University of Arizona,
Tucson,
Arizona
USA
Alfred S. McEwen
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,
University of Arizona,
Tucson,
Arizona
USA
Susan E. H. Sakimoto
Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, Geodynamics Branch,
Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt,
Maryland
USA
Abstract
Streamlined forms and longitudinal grooving seen in Mars Orbital Camera (MOC) images indicate recent aqueous flooding occurred
downslope (south) of the southern-most Cerberus Fossae fissure. Topography from the Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter (MOLA), in
conjunction with the absence of fluvial features in MOC images immediately to the north of the Fossa, substantiate the idea
that floods emanated from this fissure. The floodwater flowed southward onto the western Cerberus Plains, where it probably
percolated into existing lava flows. Thus, shallow ice may still be extant beneath young lava flows in this equatorial region.
Published 15
January
2002.
Index Terms: 6225 Planetology: Solar System Objects: Mars; 5415 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Erosion and weathering; 5480 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Volcanism (8450); 5499 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: General or miscellaneous.
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Citation: Burr, D. M., A. S. McEwen, and S. E. H. Sakimoto
(2002),
Recent aqueous floods from the Cerberus Fossae, Mars,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
29(1),
1013,
doi:10.1029/2001GL013345.
Copyright 2002 by the American Geophysical Union.
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