Discussion leaders:
Hans Christian Steen-Larsen and Tanya Harrison
Troughs and Chasmae -why and how?
Formation of troughs by "accublation"
- Fisher, D.A. 1993. If Martian ice caps flow: ablation mechanisms and appearances. Icarus 105 501-511.
- Fisher, D. A. 2000. Internal layers in an accublation ice cap: A test for flow. Icarus 144, 289 294.
Terrestrial analog (?)
- MacClune, KL et al. 2003 Glaciers of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: terrestrial analog for Martin polar sublimation. JGR 108(E4) 5031 doi:10.1029/2002E001878
- Robin Johnston's web site on Taylor Glacier troughs
Is wind responsible for troughs?
- Ng, F.S.L. and M.T. Zuber. 2006. Patterning instability on the Mars polar caps. JGR 111, E02005, doi:10.1029/2005JE002533.
- Pelletier, J.D. 2004. How do spiral troughs form on Mars? Geology 32(4) 365-367.
Flow Distortion and Sublimation of Troughs?
- Pathare, A.V. and D.A. Paige. 2005. The effects of martian orbital variations upon the sublimation and relaxation of north polar troughs and scarps. Icarus 174, 419-443.
Did Coriolis force during ice-sheet collapse create troughs?
- Kostrikov, A.A. 2005. The Martian north polar cap spirals are the traces of an ancient ice sheet collapse. LPSC 36, extended abstract.