ICE SHEET MODELING DURING HIGH-OBLIQUITY CLIMATES ON MARS: APPLICATION TO

Introduction: Deposits on the flanks of the large Tharsis Montes volcanoes have been recognized to be of glacial origin [1,2,3]. These Amazonian-aged deposits display three distinct facies, ridged, knobby, and smooth [4], each of which can be associated with different glacial processes [1]. We use t...

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Main Authors: Tharsis Montes, Tropical Mountain, Glaciation J. L. Fastook, D. E. Shean, J. W. Head
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Summary:Introduction: Deposits on the flanks of the large Tharsis Montes volcanoes have been recognized to be of glacial origin [1,2,3]. These Amazonian-aged deposits display three distinct facies, ridged, knobby, and smooth [4], each of which can be associated with different glacial processes [1]. We use the fundamental differences between the atmospheric