Water on Mars: Do submarine cyclic steps exist on the red planet?

Abstract Submarine cyclic steps have a significant impact on the evolution of the ocean floor on Earth. These upper-flow regime bedforms should be even more common in Martian reduced-gravity environments. We postulate that, if early Mars had an ocean, cyclic steps would have formed on Martian deltas...

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Main Authors: Svetlana Kostic, Isaac B. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-018-0225-2