Extensive Hesperian-aged south polar ice sheet on Mars: Evidence for massive melting and retreat, and lateral flow and ponding of meltwater

By James W. Head III, S. Pratt. 2001

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Outgassing History and Escape of the Martian Atmosphere and Water Inventory (2015, background): “2001), and the ice deposits sequestered in the Dorsa Argentea Formation (DAF), near the south polar cap, could have represented ∼15 m in the past (Head and Pratt 2001).”
Geologic history of Mars (2010, background): “, Clifford, 1987, 1993) or one of the major sinks for water emplaced in the northern lowlands during the Noachian and Hesperian (Head and Pratt, 2001).”
Oceans on Mars: An assessment of the observational evidence and possible fate (2002, background): “Other suggested reservoirs for such water include volatiles in units such as the Hesperian-aged Dorsa Argentea Formation (possibly as much as 20 m GEL) [Head and Pratt, 2001], and as a water/ice component in the Amazonian-aged Medusae Fossae Formation [Head, 2001], whose total volume is $1.4 Â 10 6 ”
Crustal structure of Mars from gravity and topography (2004, background): “[38] The southern layered terrains grade downhill, merging into the surrounding cratered highlands, but appear to have been emplaced on a 1–2 km high plain marked by Schmidt Valley, Prometheus Basin, and the Dorsa Argentia formation [Head and Pratt, 2001; Fishbaugh and Head, 2001].”
The Polar Deposits of Mars (2009, background): “Analysis of MGS imaging and topography data suggests that this deposit may be the devolatilized remnant of an ancient polar ice sheet (Head & Pratt 2001).”
Comparison of “warm and wet” and “cold and icy” scenarios for early Mars in a 3‐D climate model (2015, background): “[2013], and may be linked to the late Noachian to early Hesperian era Dorsa Argentea Formation [Head and Pratt, 2001; Kress and Head, 2015].”