Erosional Shadow Remnants as Terrestrial Analogs for Teardrop-Shaped Islands on Mars: Implications for Outflow Channel Formation
Abstract
This work proposes that teardrop-shaped islands located on the outflow channels of Mars might have been formed as the result of catastrophic submarine mass movements similar to those documented within continental margins on Earth.
- Publication:
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42nd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011LPI....42.1005M