Water and CO2 on Mars, intrerrelated phase change processes. |
Water and CO2 on Mars, intrerrelated phase change processes. |
Sep 22 2010, 10:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I think this will be of interest: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/...00922124546.htm
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Sep 23 2010, 10:47 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 6-March 10 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 5246 |
Some interesting dynamics going on here. If some of the CO2 ice gets temporarily covered each season by a thin layer of water ice, you might expect some areas (shaded areas in north-facing troughs?) to retain CO2 ice throughout the summer and become permanently incorporated into the North Pole Layered Deposits (NPLD). This suggests that the NPLD might contain significant amounts of CO2 ice, but I don't think the spectroscopic evidence indicates this (?). Hmm.
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