First high-resolution stratigraphic column of the Martian north polar layered deposits

Kathryn E. Fishbaugh; Christine Schøtt Hvidberg; Shane Byrne; Patrick S. Russel; Kenneth E. Herkenhoff; Mai Winstrup; Randolph Kirk

doi:10.1029/2009gl041642

First high-resolution stratigraphic column of the Martian north polar layered deposits

Kathryn E. Fishbaugh, Christine Schøtt Hvidberg, Shane Byrne, Patrick S. Russel, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, Mai Winstrup, Randolph Kirk

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Abstract

This study achieves the first high-spatial-resolution, layer-scale, measured stratigraphic column of the Martian north polar layered deposits using a 1m-posting DEM. The marker beds found throughout the upper North Polar Layered Deposits range in thickness from 1.6 m-16.0 m +/-1.4 m, and 6 of 13 marker beds are separated by ∼25-35 m. Thin-layer sets have average layer separations of 1.6 m. These layer separations may account for the spectral-power-peaks found in previous brightness-profile analyses. Marker-bed layer thicknesses show a weak trend of decreasing thickness with depth that we interpret to potentially be the result of a decreased accumulation rate in the past, for those layers. However, the stratigraphic column reveals that a simple rhythmic or bundled layer sequence is not immediately apparent throughout the column, implying that the relationship between polar layer formation and cyclic climate forcing is quite complex.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Geophysical Research Letters
Vol/bind	37
Sider (fra-til)	L07201
Antal sider	5
ISSN	0094-8276
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gl041642
Status	Udgivet - 2 apr. 2010

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