Grid mapping the northern plains of Mars: Geomorphological, radar, and water‐equivalent hydrogen results from Arcadia Plantia

Ramsdale, Jason and Balme, Matthew and Gallagher, Colman and Conway, S. and Smith, I. B. and Hauber, Ernst and Orgel, C. and Séjourné, Antoine and Costard, F. and Eke, Vince and van Gasselt, Stephan and Johnsson, Andreas and Kereszturi, Akos and Losiak, A. and Massey, Richard and Platz, Thomas and Reiss, D. and Skinner, James and Swirad, Z. and Teodoro, Luis and Wilson, Jack (2019) Grid mapping the northern plains of Mars: Geomorphological, radar, and water‐equivalent hydrogen results from Arcadia Plantia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124, pp. 504-527. Wiley. doi: 10.1029/2018JE005663. ISSN 2169-9097.

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Abstract

We mapped ice-related landforms In Arcadia on the northern plains of Mars. This was the first continuous map at this scale. The maps of these ice related landforms were used to understand the role of ice has in shaping the Martian landscape. We found evidence that suggest that ground ice occurs almost everywhere between 35°N and 78°N. We also found landforms associated with loss of ground ice to be widespread suggesting that Arcadia used to have even more ground ice in the recent past. The pattern of landforms we see suggests that the ground ice is sourced from the air, either as snowfall or direct condensation onto or into the near surface.

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Title:

Grid mapping the northern plains of Mars: Geomorphological, radar, and water‐equivalent hydrogen results from Arcadia Plantia

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Ramsdale, Jason	Open University, Milton Keynes, UK	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-6563	UNSPECIFIED
Balme, Matthew	Open University, Milton-Keynes (UK)	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Gallagher, Colman	Univ. College Dublin (Ireland)	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Conway, S.	Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique–UMR CNRS 6112, Nantes, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Smith, I. B.	Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4331-913X	UNSPECIFIED
Hauber, Ernst	Ernst.Hauber (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1375-304X	UNSPECIFIED
Orgel, C.	Institut für Geowissenschaften, FU Berlin	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7317-0092	UNSPECIFIED
Séjourné, Antoine	Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay-Cedex, France	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3911-0090	UNSPECIFIED
Costard, F.	Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay-Cedex, France	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8308-2691	UNSPECIFIED
Eke, Vince	Institute for Computational Cosmology, Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, UK	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
van Gasselt, Stephan	National Chengchi University, Taipei	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2130-6343	UNSPECIFIED
Johnsson, Andreas	Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Kereszturi, Akos	Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (MTA CSFK), Budapest, Hungary	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Losiak, A.	Polish Academy of Sciences	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Massey, Richard	Institute for Computational Cosmology, Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, UK	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Platz, Thomas	Department of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Reiss, D.	Institute für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Skinner, James	US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Swirad, Z.	Durham University, UK	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Teodoro, Luis	BAER, Planetary Systems Branch, Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wilson, Jack	The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

22 February 2019

Journal or Publication Title:

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

124

DOI:

10.1029/2018JE005663

Page Range:

pp. 504-527

Editors:

Editors	Email	Editor's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
UNSPECIFIED	AGU (www.agu.org)	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Publisher:

Wiley

ISSN:

2169-9097

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Mars, Water, Ice, Climate, Permafrost, Landforms

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project Mars Express HRSC (old)

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geology

Deposited By:

Hauber, Ernst

Deposited On:

11 Dec 2019 08:58

Last Modified:

27 Oct 2025 11:49

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