Bladed Terrain on Pluto: Possible origins and evolution

•Bladed Terrain are deposits of CH4, which occur at low latitudes and high elevations.•CH4 preferentially precipitates at low latitudes where net solar energy is lowest.•CH4 and N2 will both precipitate at low elevations.•At high elevations atmospheric warmth limits precipitation to CH4 only.•Excurs...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) N.Y. 1962), 2018-01, Vol.300, p.129-144
Hauptverfasser:	Moore, Jeffrey M., Howard, Alan D., Umurhan, Orkan M., White, Oliver L., Schenk, Paul M., Beyer, Ross A., McKinnon, William B., Spencer, John R., Singer, Kelsi N., Grundy, William M., Earle, Alissa M., Schmitt, Bernard, Protopapa, Silvia, Nimmo, Francis, Cruikshank, Dale P., Hinson, David P., Young, Leslie A., Stern, S. Alan, Weaver, Harold A., Olkin, Cathy B., Ennico, Kimberly, Collins, Geoffrey, Bertrand, Tanguy, Forget, François, Scipioni, Francesca
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Atmosphere Geological processes Ices IR spectroscopy Mechanical properties Pluto Sciences of the Universe Surface
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