Desiccation mechanism for formation of giant polygons on Earth and intermediate-sized polygons on Mars: Results from a pre-fracture model

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 323-324, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-26

  El Maarry, M Ramy ^a,b   Kodikara, Jayantha ^c   Wijessoriya, Sasika ^c   Markiewicz, Wojciech J ^a   Thomas, Nicolas ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Earth; Lakes; Mars; Polygonal cracks

Indexed keywords

CLAYEY SOILS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CRACKING PROCESS; DESICCATION; DESICCATION CRACKS; DIFFUSIVITIES; IMPACT CRATERS; MARS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; SMECTITES; SPATIAL SCALE; SURFACE EVAPORATION; THERMAL CONTRACTION; TIME-SCALES; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES;

CRACKS; DIFFUSION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EARTH (PLANET); FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CRACK; DESICCATION; DIFFUSIVITY; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMECTITE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84857011303     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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