University of Texas-Austin: Mars' Surface Shaped by Fast and Furious Floods From Overflowing Craters
September 30, 2021
September 30, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:
On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms and moving vast amounts of sediment, according to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
The study, published Sept. 29 in Nature, found that the floods, which pr . . .
On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms and moving vast amounts of sediment, according to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
The study, published Sept. 29 in Nature, found that the floods, which pr . . .