Quantifying geological processes on Mars—Results of the high resolution stereo camera (HRSC) on Mars express. Jaumann, R., Tirsch, D., Hauber, E., Ansan, V., Di Achille, G., Erkeling, G., Fueten, F., Head, J., Kleinhans, M. G., Mangold, N., Michael, G. G., Neukum, G., Pacifici, A., Platz, T., Pondrelli, M., Raack, J., Reiss, D., Williams, D. A., Adeli, S., Baratoux, D., de Villiers, G., Foing, B., Gupta, S., Gwinner, K., Hiesinger, H., Hoffmann, H., Deit, L. L., Marinangeli, L., Matz, K. -., Mertens, V., Muller, J. P., Pasckert, J. H., Roatsch, T., Rossi, A. P., Scholten, F., Sowe, M., Voigt, J., & Warner, N. Planetary and Space Science, 112:53--97, July, 2015.
Quantifying geological processes on Mars—Results of the high resolution stereo camera (HRSC) on Mars express [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
This review summarizes the use of High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) data as an instrumental tool and its application in the analysis of geological processes and landforms on Mars during the last 10 years of operation. High-resolution digital elevations models on a local to regional scale are the unique strength of the HRSC instrument. The analysis of these data products enabled quantifying geological processes such as effusion rates of lava flows, tectonic deformation, discharge of water in channels, formation timescales of deltas, geometry of sedimentary deposits as well as estimating the age of geological units by crater size–frequency distribution measurements. Both the quantification of geological processes and the age determination allow constraining the evolution of Martian geologic activity in space and time. A second major contribution of HRSC is the discovery of episodicity in the intensity of geological processes on Mars. This has been revealed by comparative age dating of volcanic, fluvial, glacial, and lacustrine deposits. Volcanic processes on Mars have been active over more than 4 Gyr, with peak phases in all three geologic epochs, generally ceasing towards the Amazonian. Fluvial and lacustrine activity phases spread a time span from Noachian until Amazonian times, but detailed studies show that they have been interrupted by multiple and long lasting phases of quiescence. Also glacial activity shows discrete phases of enhanced intensity that may correlate with periods of increased spin-axis obliquity. The episodicity of geological processes like volcanism, erosion, and glaciation on Mars reflects close correlation between surface processes and endogenic activity as well as orbit variations and changing climate condition.
@article{jaumann_quantifying_2015,
	title = {Quantifying geological processes on {Mars}—{Results} of the high resolution stereo camera ({HRSC}) on {Mars} express},
	volume = {112},
	issn = {0032-0633},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063315000392},
	doi = {10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.029},
	abstract = {This review summarizes the use of High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) data as an instrumental tool and its application in the analysis of geological processes and landforms on Mars during the last 10 years of operation. High-resolution digital elevations models on a local to regional scale are the unique strength of the HRSC instrument. The analysis of these data products enabled quantifying geological processes such as effusion rates of lava flows, tectonic deformation, discharge of water in channels, formation timescales of deltas, geometry of sedimentary deposits as well as estimating the age of geological units by crater size–frequency distribution measurements. Both the quantification of geological processes and the age determination allow constraining the evolution of Martian geologic activity in space and time. A second major contribution of HRSC is the discovery of episodicity in the intensity of geological processes on Mars. This has been revealed by comparative age dating of volcanic, fluvial, glacial, and lacustrine deposits.
Volcanic processes on Mars have been active over more than 4 Gyr, with peak phases in all three geologic epochs, generally ceasing towards the Amazonian. Fluvial and lacustrine activity phases spread a time span from Noachian until Amazonian times, but detailed studies show that they have been interrupted by multiple and long lasting phases of quiescence. Also glacial activity shows discrete phases of enhanced intensity that may correlate with periods of increased spin-axis obliquity. The episodicity of geological processes like volcanism, erosion, and glaciation on Mars reflects close correlation between surface processes and endogenic activity as well as orbit variations and changing climate condition.},
	urldate = {2017-03-30TZ},
	journal = {Planetary and Space Science},
	author = {Jaumann, R. and Tirsch, D. and Hauber, E. and Ansan, V. and Di Achille, G. and Erkeling, G. and Fueten, F. and Head, J. and Kleinhans, M. G. and Mangold, N. and Michael, G. G. and Neukum, G. and Pacifici, A. and Platz, T. and Pondrelli, M. and Raack, J. and Reiss, D. and Williams, D. A. and Adeli, S. and Baratoux, D. and de Villiers, G. and Foing, B. and Gupta, S. and Gwinner, K. and Hiesinger, H. and Hoffmann, H. and Deit, L. Le and Marinangeli, L. and Matz, K. -D. and Mertens, V. and Muller, J. P. and Pasckert, J. H. and Roatsch, T. and Rossi, A. P. and Scholten, F. and Sowe, M. and Voigt, J. and Warner, N.},
	month = jul,
	year = {2015},
	keywords = {Aeolian processes, Age dating, Geology, Geomorphology, Ice, Mars, Tectonics, atmosphere, sediments, surface, volcanism, water},
	pages = {53--97}
}

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