RT Journal Article
T1 Chasma Boreale, Mars: A Sapping and Outflow Channel with aTectono-thermal Origin
A1 Benito, G.
A1 Mediavilla, F.
A1 Márquez González, Álvaro
A1 Martínez, J.
A1 Anguita Virella, Francisco
AB A detailed geomorphological study of Chasma Boreale, a widely known feature of Mars’ north polar cap, has been carried out for the first time, along with a quantitative paleohydro logical model. It is concluded that the chasma was eroded by a flow whose discharge was on the order of magnitude of 109 m sec21. This catastrophic flow is thought to have been precededby a powerful sapping process, caused by a tectonic control in the distribution and present aspect of most of the polar troughs. This tectonic forcing probably played a major role in the inception of not only Chasma Boreale but alsoother polar reentrants as well
PB Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
SN 0019-1035
YR 1997
FD 1997
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59054
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59054
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 dic 2025