Ice-rich (periglacial) vs icy (glacial) depressions in the Argyre region, Mars: a proposed cold-climate dichotomy of landforms

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Soare, R.J., Conway, Susan J., Gallagher, C., Dohm, J.M.
• Other Authors: Dawson College, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UCD School of Geography, UCD Earth Institute, University College, University College Dublin Dublin (UCD)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; Canada; Northwest Territories; Tuktoyaktuk
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02271715; https://hal.science/hal-02271715/document; https://hal.science/hal-02271715/file/SoareArgyreDepressions_Icarus_HAL.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.09.009

International audience On Mars, so-called “scalloped depressions” are widely observed in Utopia Planitia (UP) and Malea Planum (MP). Typically, they are rimless, metres- to decametres-deep, incised sharply, tiered inwardly, polygonised and sometimes pitted. The depressions seemingly incise terrain t...