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Kite snowmelt hypothesis, a different way to form sedimentary rocks
ngunn
post Apr 19 2013, 08:05 AM
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Mars discussion is a bit thin at the moment due to the conjunction but I could not let this pass without thanking Emily for yet another superb article elucidating a highly complex topic.

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakda...hypothesis.html

The idea that the last liquid water on an increasingly airless Mars would have worked its geological magic under a covering of snow makes a lot of sense.
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- ngunn   Kite snowmelt hypothesis   Apr 19 2013, 08:05 AM
- - Phil Stooke   wrong thread? But a great blog post by Emily. No...   Apr 19 2013, 01:55 PM
- - mhoward   Moved to the Mars forum.   Apr 19 2013, 02:41 PM
- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (ngunn @ Apr 19 2013, 01:05 AM) The...   Apr 20 2013, 04:05 PM
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|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Apr 21 2013, 07:09 P...   Apr 22 2013, 02:34 AM
- - serpens   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Apr 20 2013, 04:05 PM...   Apr 21 2013, 01:10 AM
- - serpens   Wordsworth et al recently published the results of...   Apr 22 2013, 11:31 PM
- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (serpens @ Apr 22 2013, 04:31 PM) I...   Apr 23 2013, 06:21 AM

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