Polygonal frost patterned ground as a Mars analogue in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Sassenroth, Cynthia, Hauber, Ernst, Baroni, Carlo, Salvatore, Maria Cristina, De Vera, Jean-Pierre, Schmitz, Nicole
• Other Authors: EGU (European Geoscience Union)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2021
• Subjects: Polygonal frost patterned ground; Mar; Northern Victoria Land; Antarctica; Austral; Helliwell Hills; Northern Foothills; Terra Nova Bay; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/1104205; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12265; https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/40278

Polygonal patterned ground is ubiquitous in the martian mid-latitudes and in the polar regions of Earth. The latitude dependence of martian patterned ground and its morphological similarity to terrestrial patterned ground suggests that thermal contraction cracking may have been the leading formation...