North-south topographic slope asymmetry on Mars: Evidence for insolation-related erosion at high obliquity
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North–south topographic slope asymmetry on Mars: Evidence for insolation-related erosion at high obliquity
[1] A map of north–south subkilometer-scale slope asymmetry on Mars obtained from statistical analysis of along-track MOLA topographic profiles reveals welldefined zonal belts of north–south slope asymmetry at 40–50 latitude in both hemispheres. In these narrow anomalous belts the pole-facing slopes are systematically gentler than equator-facing slopes. This asymmetry is especially pronounced f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl017795