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Dry granular flows can generate surface features resembling those seen in Martian gullies.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade or more, contradictory evidence of Martian climate, indicating that surface temperatures seldom if ever approach the melting point of water at midlatitudes, and geomorphic features, consistent with liquid flows at these same latitudes, have proven difficult to reconcile. In this article, we demonstrate that several features of liquid-erosional flows can be produced by dry granular materials when individual particle settling is slower than characteristic debris flow speeds. Since the gravitational acceleration on Mars is about one-third that on Earth, and since particle settling speeds scale with gravity, we propose that some (although perhaps not all) Martian geomorphological features attributed to liquid flows may in fact be associated with dry granular flows in the presence of reduced gravity.

SUBMITTER: Shinbrot T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC423230 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dry granular flows can generate surface features resembling those seen in Martian gullies.

Shinbrot Troy T Duong N-H NH Kwan L L Alvarez M M MM

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040528 23

Over the past decade or more, contradictory evidence of Martian climate, indicating that surface temperatures seldom if ever approach the melting point of water at midlatitudes, and geomorphic features, consistent with liquid flows at these same latitudes, have proven difficult to reconcile. In this article, we demonstrate that several features of liquid-erosional flows can be produced by dry granular materials when individual particle settling is slower than characteristic debris flow speeds. S ...[more]

PMID: 15169960

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