奥索尼亚桌山

火星上的上

奥索尼亚桌山(Ausonia Mensa)是位于火星希腊区南纬30.3度、西经262.3度处的一座桌山,它直径约103公里,名称取自火星古典反照率特征[1]。“桌山”一词用于指带有陡峭绝壁的平顶台地[2],奥索尼亚桌山分布有许多小水道,有些地貌看起来像冲积扇,这些通道提供了大量证明水曾在火星上流动的证据[3][4]。从火星航天器上拍摄的照片中能看到弯曲的通道,这些图像可追溯到20世纪70年代初,当时使用的是水手9号轨道飞行器[5][6][7][8]

奥索尼亚桌山
火星全球探勘者号拍摄的奥索尼亚桌山,这座受侵蚀的桌山分布有很多的河道。
坐标30°18′S 262°18′W / 30.3°S 262.3°W / -30.3; -262.3
直径103公里(64英里)

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  1. ^ "奥索尼亚桌山". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ^ International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Descriptor Terms (Feature Types). Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. US Geological Survey. [21 January 2021]. (原始内容存档于2013-12-10). 
  3. ^ Baker, V., et al. 2015. "Fluvial geomorphology on Earth-like planetary surfaces: a review". Geomorphology. 245, 149–182.
  4. ^ Carr, M. 1996. in Water on Mars. Oxford Univ. Press.
  5. ^ Baker, V. 1982. The Channels of Mars. Univ. of Tex. Press, Austin, TX
  6. ^ Baker, V., R. Strom, R., V. Gulick, J. Kargel, G. Komatsu, V. Kale. 1991. "Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars". Nature 352, 589–594.
  7. ^ Carr, M. 1979. "Formation of Martian flood features by release of water from confined aquifers". J. Geophys. Res. 84, 2995–300.
  8. ^ Komar, P. 1979. "Comparisons of the hydraulics of water flows in Martian outflow channels with flows of similar scale on Earth". Icarus 37, 156–181.