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Pingos on Earth and Mars

January 1, 2009

Pingos are massive ice-cored mounds that develop through pressurized groundwater flow mechanisms. Pingos and their collapsed forms are found in periglacial and paleoperiglacial terrains on Earth, and have been hypothesized for a wide variety of locations on Mars. This literature review of pingos on Earth and Mars first summarizes the morphology of terrestrial pingos and their geologic contexts. That information is then used to asses hypothesized pingos on Mars. Pingo-like forms (PLFs) in Utopia Planitia are the most viable candidates for pingos or collapsed pingos. Other PLFs hypothesized in the literature to be pingos may be better explained with other mechanisms than those associated with terrestrial-style pingos. ?? 2008 Elsevier Ltd.

Publication Year 2009
Title Pingos on Earth and Mars
DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2008.11.003
Authors D.M. Burr, K. L. Tanaka, K. Yoshikawa
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Planetary and Space Science
Index ID 70034614
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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