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Water and processes of degradation in the Martian landscapeIt is shown that erosion has been active on Mars so that many of the surface landforms are products of degradation. Unlike earth, erosion has not been a universal process, but one areally restricted and intermittently active so that a landscape is the product of one or two cycles of erosion and large areas of essentially undisturbed primitive terrain; running water has been the principal agent of degradation. Many features on Mars are most easily explained by assuming running surface water at some time in the past; for a few features, running water is the only possible explanation.
Document ID
19730023950
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Milton, D. J.
(Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
July 15, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: JPL Mariner Mars 1971 Proj., Vol. 4
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
73N32683
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: JPL-WO-8122
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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