Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
MSSS MGS MOC Abstracts from the 31st Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
25 April 2000
The following abstracts were submitted by MSSS personnel
in January 2000 for the 31st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference,
which occurred in Houston, Texas, in March 2000.
The abstracts are in PDF format.
All abstracts are © 2000 Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas,
and can also be viewed by examining the full abstract volume at
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2000/
Valleys and Channels:
Burial/Exhumation/Stratigraphy:
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Malin, M. C., and K. S. Edgett, Martian burial and exhumation theme: Example of older cratered terrain exposed from beneath layered rocks east of the Elysium Rise, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1191, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Malin, M. C., and K. S. Edgett, The new Mars of MGS MOC: Cratering and eolian history of a small intercrater plain in western Terra Sirenum, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1069, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
Fretted Terrain:
Polar Regions/Processes:
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Malin, M. C., and K. S. Edgett, Early defrosting of the 1999 South Polar seasonal frost cap: Evidence of interannual climate change?, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1052, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Malin, M. C., and K. S. Edgett, The nature of layered outcrop expression in the martian polar layered terrains, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1055, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Malin, M. C., and K. S. Edgett, Frosting and defrosting of martian polar dunes, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1056, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, Sedimentary bedding features of martian polar layered terrain, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1068, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
Northern Plains:
Slope Streaks/Mass Wasting:
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Edgett, K. S., M. C. Malin, R. J. Sullivan, P. Thomas, and J. Veverka, Dynamic Mars: New dark slope streaks observed on annual and decadal time scales, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1058, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (poster presentation)
Eolian Features/Processes:
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, Martian dust raising and surface albedo controls: Thin, dark (and sometimes bright) streaks and dust devils in MGS MOC high resolution images, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1073, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (Edgett oral presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, MGS MOC images of seif dunes in the north polar region of Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1070, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, Eolian bedforms and erosional landforms at high altitudes on the martian Tharsis volcanoes, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1072, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, Examples of martian sandstone: Indurated, lithified, and cratered dunes in MGS MOC images, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1071, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, Sedimentary geology of Trouvelot Crater and dark intracrater features (or, "splotches") of western Arabia Terra, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1066, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, Mars eolian processes: Erosion in lee of a simple raised-rim crater in Daedalia Planum compared with 1974 wind tunnel model, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1067, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
Surface Properties:
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Malin, M. C., and K. S. Edgett, Rough is smooth and smooth is rough: The martian surface at meter versus hectometer scales and implications for future landing sites, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1059, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, The new Mars of MGS MOC: Ridged layered geologic units (they're not dunes), Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1057, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
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Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, A meter-scale view of the Mars radar "Stealth" in southwestern Tharsis, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract No. 1065, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2000. (print only presentation)
© 2000 by Malin Space Science Systems, Inc.
