To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is found in very few places on the Red Planet because as soon ice is exposed to the Martian environment, it sublimates - or turns from a solid state directly into gas. Sublimation is not instantaneous. A mass of ice can last for a very long time.
13 posted on
12/19/2007 10:29:50 AM PST by
RightWhale
(Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
To: RightWhale
Sublimation is not instantaneous. A mass of ice can last for a very long time. Yes, it depends on the surface to volume ratio and the temperature. Nonetheless, over geological periods of time you wouldn't expect a glacier to last.
19 posted on
12/19/2007 12:02:08 PM PST by
burzum
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