The martian surface layer.
Abstract
The surface materials on Mars provide important constraints on the nature, timing and duration of surface process and can be used to study the history of erosion, transport and deposition of sediments and the relationships between surface sediments and bedrock. Perhaps most importantly, they may contain a record of changes in environmental conditions. These materials are readily accessible to a variety of remote-sensing observations, as well as direct, in situ observations from landed spacecraft. The landing sites appear to be representative of the types of processes that have occured globally, but are not completely representative of the major units. The available data suggest that cyclic changes in sedimentary processes may occur over several time scales associated with periodic climate changes.
- Publication:
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Mars
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992mars.book..686C
- Keywords:
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- Erosion;
- Mars Surface;
- Sediment Transport;
- Surface Layers;
- Surface Roughness;
- Bedrock;
- Constraints;
- Radar Tracking;
- Remote Sensing;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration