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Seismicity on Tidally Active Solid-Surface Worlds
T. A. Hurford, W. G. Henning, R. Maguire +8
Tidal interactions between planets or stars and the bodies that orbit them dissipate energy in their interiors. The energy dissipated drives internal heating and a fraction of that…
Seasonal melting and the formation of sedimentary rocks on Mars, with predictions for the Gale Crater mound
Edwin S. Kite, Itay Halevy, Melinda A. Kahre +2
A model for the formation and distribution of sedimentary rocks on Mars is proposed. The rate-limiting step is supply of liquid water from seasonal melting of snow or ice. The mode…
Climate instability on tidally locked exoplanets
Edwin S. Kite, Eric Gaidos, Michael Manga
Feedbacks that can destabilize the climates of synchronously-rotating rocky planets may arise on planets with strong day-night surface temperature contrasts. Earth-like habitable-z…
Chaos, storms and climate on Mars
Edwin S. Kite, Scot C. R. Rafkin, Timothy Michaels +2
Channel networks on the plateau adjacent to Juventae Chasma have the highest drainage densities reported on Mars.We model frozen precipitation on the Juventae plateau,finding that…
Localized precipitation and runoff on Mars
Edwin S. Kite, Timothy I. Michaels, Scot Rafkin +2
We use the Mars Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (MRAMS) to simulate lake storms on Mars, finding that intense localized precipitation will occur for lake size >=10^3 km^2. Mar…
Thermodynamic Limits on Magnetodynamos in Rocky Exoplanets
Eric Gaidos, Clinton P. Conrad, Michael Manga +1
To ascertain whether magnetic dynamos operate in rocky exoplanets more massive or hotter than the Earth, we developed a parametric model of a differentiated rocky planet and its th…
True polar wander driven by late-stage volcanism and the distribution of paleopolar deposits on Mars
Edwin S. Kite, Isamu Matsuyama, Michael Manga +2
The areal centroids of the youngest polar deposits on Mars are offset from those of adjacent paleopolar deposits by 5-10 degrees. We test the hypothesis that the offset is the resu…