History of Titan's landscape resembles that of Mars, not Earth
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 14:31
in Earth & Climate
In a paper published in Science, researchers report that Titan, like Mars but unlike Earth, has not undergone any active plate tectonics in its recent past. The upheaval of mountains by plate tectonics deflects the paths that rivers take. The team found that this telltale signature was missing from river networks on Mars and Titan.