Lithospheric Dynamics of Mars: Water, Flow, and Failure
Grimm, Robert E. / Harrison, Keith / National Aeronautics And Space Administr
Some of the largest Martian erosive features were influenced by groundwater, and include valley networks, outflow channels, and possibly landslides. We argue that hydrothermal systems attending crustal formation processes were able to drive sufficient groundwater to the surface to form the Noachian southern highlands valley networks, which show a spatial correlation to crustal magnetic anomalies, also results of crustal formation. Hydrothermal...