The source of Mangalla Vales
Abstract
Through the use of high resolution Viking topographic data, a hypothesis for the formation of Mangalla Vales is presented. Subsurface water flow and concurrent lava flow are used to explain the theory of a catastrophic flood that created the network of channels. A thorough description of the terrain is included.
- Publication:
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NASA Tech. Memo., NASA TM-86247
- Pub Date:
- May 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984apg..book..153P
- Keywords:
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- Channel Flow;
- Flood Damage;
- Geological Faults;
- Mars Surface;
- Topography;
- Water Flow;
- Erosion;
- Ice Mapping;
- Image Processing;
- Lava;
- Mars Craters;
- Radar Maps;
- Terrain Analysis;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration