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Bedrock denudation on titan: estimates of vertical extent and lateral debris dispersion
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schenk, Paul Michael Moore, Jeffrey Howard, A. D. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Methane rainfall and runoff, along with aeolian activity, have dominated the sculpting of Titan s landscape. A knowledge of the vertical extent of bedrock erosion and the lateral extent of the resulting sediment is useful for several purposes [1]. For instance, what is the magnitude and expression of modification of constructional landforms (e.g., mountains)? Does highland denudation and the filling of basins with sediment cause adjustments (uplift and subsidence) in the crustal ice shell? Here we report preliminary findings of putative eroded craters and the results of landform evolution modeling (Fig. 1) that suggest that approx. 250 m of net bedrock erosion has at least locally taken place and approx.1 km of maximum local erosion. |
| File Size | 625845 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20130011622 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3jx3cb5g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2013-03-18 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Methane Drainage Landforms Craters Terrain Topography Debris Bedrock Titan Wind Meteorology Erosion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
