Sublimation of terrestrial permafrost and the implications for ice-loss processes on Mars

Sublimation of ice is believed to have generated a variety of landforms on Mars and other planetary bodies. Here the authors show the first long-term in situ effective diffusion coefficient of terrestrial ice-free loess (Mars analog soil), scaled to Mars average pressure, temperature and CO2 atmosph...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Thomas A. Douglas, Michael T. Mellon
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
Subjects:
Science
Q
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09410-8
https://doaj.org/article/9f30e5d8e32e4880ba15e1be01794d95
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Summary:Sublimation of ice is believed to have generated a variety of landforms on Mars and other planetary bodies. Here the authors show the first long-term in situ effective diffusion coefficient of terrestrial ice-free loess (Mars analog soil), scaled to Mars average pressure, temperature and CO2 atmosphere.

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