Aram Chaos Caused By Collapse Of Ice Lake
Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 14:40
in Earth & Climate
Chaotic terrains are enigmatic features stretching up to hundreds of kilometres across Mars. The mechanism by which they formed is hypothesis and even speculation in most cases.A recent paper, which combines observations from satellite photos of the 280 kilometere wide and four kilometer deep crater plus models of the ice melting process and resulting catastrophic outflow, says that Aram Chaos, the lumpy, bumpy floor of an ancient impact crater on Mars, formed as a result of catastrophic melting and outflow of a buried ice lake. read more