Martian stepped-delta formation by rapid water release.

Abstract:

:Deltas and alluvial fans preserved on the surface of Mars provide an important record of surface water flow. Understanding how surface water flow could have produced the observed morphology is fundamental to understanding the history of water on Mars. To date, morphological studies have provided only minimum time estimates for the longevity of martian hydrologic events, which range from decades to millions of years. Here we use sand flume studies to show that the distinct morphology of martian stepped (terraced) deltas could only have originated from a single basin-filling event on a timescale of tens of years. Stepped deltas therefore provide a minimum and maximum constraint on the duration and magnitude of some surface flows on Mars. We estimate that the amount of water required to fill the basin and deposit the delta is comparable to the amount of water discharged by large terrestrial rivers, such as the Mississippi. The massive discharge, short timescale, and the associated short canyon lengths favour the hypothesis that stepped fans are terraced delta deposits draped over an alluvial fan and formed by water released suddenly from subsurface storage.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Kraal ER,van Dijk M,Postma G,Kleinhans MG

doi

10.1038/nature06615

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-02-21 00:00:00

pages

973-6

issue

7181

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

nature06615

journal_volume

451

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