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Low albedo surfaces and eolian sediment: mars orbiter camera views of western arabia terra craters and wind streaks
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Edgett, Kenneth S. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | High spatial resolution (1.5 to 12 m/pixel) Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera images obtained September 1997 through June 2001 indicate that the large, dark wind streaks of western Arabia Terra each originate at a barchan dune field on a crater floor. The streaks consist of a relatively thin coating of sediment deflated from the dune fields and their vicinity. This sediment drapes a previous mantle that more thickly covers nearly all of western Arabia Terra. No dunes or eolian bedforms are found within the dark wind streaks, nor do any of the intracrater dunes climb up crater walls to provide sand to the wind streaks. The relations between dunes, wind streak, and subjacent terrain imply that dark-toned grains finer than those which comprise the dunes are lifted into suspension and carried out of the craters to be deposited on the adjacent terrain. Such grains are most likely in the silt size range (3.9-62.5 micrometers). The streaks change in terms of extent, relative albedo, and surface pattern over periods measured in years, but very little evidence for recent eolian activity (dust plumes, storms, dune movement) has been observed. |
| File Size | 4189495 |
| Page Count | 88 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20010069272 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2r54kh5k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Albedo Planetary Geology Mars Craters Mars Planet Mars Surface Sediments Dunes Mars Global Surveyor Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
