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Paradox of Flows on Mars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

L.V. Ksanfomality
L.V. Ksanfomality*
Affiliation:
Moscow Space Research Institute, Russia, ksanf@iki.rssi.ru

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Using the high-resolution images acquired by cameras onboard the MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR orbiter made it possible to reveal the previously unknown objects on the Martian surface, which changed dramatically a notion of Mars as a dry, hydrologically dead planet (Malin and Edgett, 2000). Examination of new images shows that the nature of some extended dark formations on the slopes of craters and uplands may be associated with contemporary abundant sources of liquid water arising on the slopes at small depths below the level of surrounding plains.

Type
II. Special Scientific Sessions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 918 - 920
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

References

Malin, M. C., and Edgett, K. S. 2000, Evidence for recent ground-water seepage and surface runoff on Mars, Science, 288, 2330 Google Scholar
Ksanfomality, L.V. 2003, Water Flows and Basins on Mars, Solar System Research, 37, 5 Google Scholar