An Unusual Landslide Feature on Mars
Abstract
A flow feature on a crater wall, characteristic of a landslide, has been identified in a Mariner 9 high resolution photograph. Although other evidence of mass wasting is common in Mariner 9 photography, the case presented appears unique. A tentative conclusion is that, at least in some cases, Martian soil exhibits significant internal friction in mass movements.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- January 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0019-1035(75)90157-8
- Bibcode:
- 1975Icar...24...47V
- Keywords:
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- Craters;
- Landslides;
- Mars Surface;
- Spaceborne Photography;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Friction;
- Mariner 9 Space Probe;
- Planetary Mapping;
- Topography