The formation of high latitude karst lakes on Titan and implications for the existence of polar caps Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX, Thirty-ninth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Titan's north polar lakes exhibit variable morphologies, but common to many is that they occupy steep-rimmed depressions, often 100s of metres deep; Kirk et al. [1] measured scarp heights up to 600 m by manual feature-based stereoscopic methods (fig. 1). Lake depressions with this morphology ar...

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Main Authors: Kargel, J. S., Kirk, R. L., Lopes, R. M. C., Lorenz, R. D., Lunine, J. I., Mitchell, K. L., Ostro, S. J., Radebaugh, J., Stofan, E. R., Wall, S. D.
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Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2008
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Geology
Thermokarst
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_talks/58
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=kip_talks
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Summary:Titan's north polar lakes exhibit variable morphologies, but common to many is that they occupy steep-rimmed depressions, often 100s of metres deep; Kirk et al. [1] measured scarp heights up to 600 m by manual feature-based stereoscopic methods (fig. 1). Lake depressions with this morphology are usually in clusters, and are found to be consistent with karstic or karst-like processes, based on terrestrial analogues and elimination of other possible modes of origin [2] including volcanic and tectonic, on the grounds of distribution, and thermokarst, on the grounds of insufficient insulation. -- Authors Open Access - Permission by Publisher See Extended description for more information.

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