Open AccessScimitars show martian dust avalanches made by shock waves
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53104_2.x
Subject(s) - martian , atmosphere of mars , mars exploration program , atmosphere (unit) , shock wave , astrobiology , shock (circulatory) , geology , atmospheric sciences , physics , meteorology , mechanics , medicine
Avalanches of dust on the surface of Mars associated with impacts had been ascribed to seismic shaking when bodies hit the surface, but it seems that shock waves in the atmosphere before impact are the culprits.