T. De Haas
Recent (Late Amazonian) enhanced backweathering rates on Mars: Paracratering evidence from gully alcoves
De Haas, T.; Conway, S.J.; Krautblatter, M.
Authors
S.J. Conway
M. Krautblatter
Abstract
Mars is believed to have been exposed to low planet-wide weathering and denudation since the Noachian. However, the widespread occurrence of alcoves at the rim of pristine impact craters suggests locally enhanced recent backweathering rates. Here we derive Late Amazonian backweathering rates from the alcoves of 10 young equatorial and midlatitude craters. The enhanced Late Amazonian Martian backweathering rates (10−4–10−1 mm yr−1) are approximately 1 order of magnitude higher than previously reported erosion rates and are similar to terrestrial rates inferred from Meteor crater and various Arctic and Alpine rock faces. Alcoves on initially highly fractured and oversteepened crater rims following impact show enhanced backweathering rates that decline over at least 101–102 Myr as the crater wall stabilizes. This “paracratering” backweathering decline with time is analogous to the paraglacial effect observed in rock slopes after deglaciation, but the relaxation timescale of 101–102 Myr compared to 10 kyr of the Milankovitch-controlled interglacial duration questions whether a paraglacial steady state is reached on Earth. The backweathering rates on the gullied pole-facing alcoves of the studied midlatitude craters are much higher (∼2–60 times) than those on slopes with other azimuths and those in equatorial craters. The enhanced backweathering rates on gullied crater slopes may result from liquid water acting as a catalyst for backweathering. The decrease in backweathering rates over time might explain the similar size of gullies in young (<1 Ma) and much older craters, as alcove growth and sediment supply decrease to low-background rates over time.
Citation
De Haas, T., Conway, S., & Krautblatter, M. (2015). Recent (Late Amazonian) enhanced backweathering rates on Mars: Paracratering evidence from gully alcoves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120(12), 2169-2189. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015je004915
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 3, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 12, 2015 |
Publication Date | Dec 12, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Oct 26, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 1, 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |
Print ISSN | 2169-9097 |
Electronic ISSN | 2169-9100 |
Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 120 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 2169-2189 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/2015je004915 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1394807 |
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de Haas, T., S. J. Conway, and M. Krautblatter (2015), Recent (Late Amazonian) enhanced backweathering rates on Mars: Paracratering evidence from gully alcoves, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120(12), 2169-2189, DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004915. To view the published open abstract, go to https://doi.org/ and enter the DOI.
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