Odd-looking Martian Craters Indicate Hidden Ice
Friday, January 2, 2009 - 11:14
in Astronomy & Space
Surface features common in the northern and southern midlatitudes of Mars and known as lobate debris aprons and lineated valley fill are believed to have formed either as debris flows mobilized by pore ice or as debris-covered glaciers.
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