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Exposed subsurface ice sheets in the Martian mid-latitudes

Overview of attention for article published in Science, January 2018
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Title
Exposed subsurface ice sheets in the Martian mid-latitudes
Published in
Science, January 2018
DOI 10.1126/science.aao1619
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Authors

Colin M Dundas, Ali M Bramson, Lujendra Ojha, James J Wray, Michael T Mellon, Shane Byrne, Alfred S McEwen, Nathaniel E Putzig, Donna Viola, Sarah Sutton, Erin Clark, John W Holt

Abstract

Thick deposits cover broad regions of the Martian mid-latitudes with a smooth mantle; erosion in these regions creates scarps that expose the internal structure of the mantle. We investigated eight of these locations and found that they expose deposits of water ice that can be >100 meters thick, extending downward from depths as shallow as 1 to 2 meters below the surface. The scarps are actively retreating because of sublimation of the exposed water ice. The ice deposits likely originated as snowfall during Mars' high-obliquity periods and have now compacted into massive, fractured, and layered ice. We expect the vertical structure of Martian ice-rich deposits to preserve a record of ice deposition and past climate.

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Unknown 221 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 55 25%
Researcher 34 15%
Student > Master 28 13%
Student > Bachelor 12 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 4%
Other 30 14%
Unknown 53 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 82 37%
Physics and Astronomy 25 11%
Engineering 9 4%
Chemistry 9 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 3%
Other 30 14%
Unknown 59 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1647. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 May 2022.
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#6,642
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Outputs from Science
#363
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Outputs of similar age
#93
of 452,042 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#12
of 1,187 outputs
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