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#1 2015-01-22 10:30:43
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Evidence of buried glacier in Valles Marineris
I found this very interesting work
http://www.dmzone.org/papers/Gourroncetal2014_VM.pdf
Valles Marineris may be an interesting site for the first manned mission.
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#2 2015-01-22 11:23:36
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Re: Evidence of buried glacier in Valles Marineris
Lots of material there. Thanks, very interesting I think.
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#3 2015-01-22 14:33:59
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Re: Evidence of buried glacier in Valles Marineris
This old article supports the idea that permafrost (Which could be ice free) should extend down to 3.5 kilometers at the equator, 8 k at the poles:
http://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007% … -5418-2_38
This article to me seems to be the similar material to the PDF you provided, perhaps crafted for a lesser mind such as mine.
https://planetarygeomorphology.wordpres … eris-mars/
But I am excited by this. Should it be true, then humans can avoid the high latitudes at first and can have abundant water.
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