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Science 18 April 1975:
Vol. 188. no. 4185, pp. 255 - 257
DOI: 10.1126/science.188.4185.255
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Alaskan Thermokarst Terrain and Possible Martian Analog

Lawrence W. Gatto 1 and Duwayne M. Anderson 1

1 U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

A first-order analog to martian fretted terrain has been recognized on enhanced, ERTS-1 (Earth Resources Technology Satellite) imagery of Alaskan Arctic thermokarst terrain. The Alaskan analog displays flat-floored valleys and intervalley uplands characteristic of fretted terrain. The thermokarst terrain has formed in a manner similar to one of the processes postulated for the development of the martian fretted terrain.


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