TY  - JOUR
N2  - Erosion by flowing water is one of the major forces shaping the surface of Earth. Studies in the last decade have shown, in particular, that the drainage region of rivers, where water is collected, exhibits scale invariant features characterized by exponents that are the same for rivers around the world. Here we show that from the data obtained by the MOLA altimeter of the Mars Global Surveyor one can perform the same analysis for mountain sides on Mars. We then show that in some regions fluid erosion might have played a role in the present martian landscape.
SN  - 1434-6028
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2004-00132-y
KW  - PACS: 92.40.Fb Rivers
KW  -  runoff
KW  -  and streamflow - 96.30.Gc Mars - 05.45.Df Fractals
AV  - none
TI  - Statistical features of drainage basins in mars channel networks: can one guess from the landscape the past presence of water?
EP  - 391
ID  - eprints1123
SP  - 387
PB  - Springer-Verlag
A1  - Caldarelli, Guido
A1  - De Los Rios, Paolo
A1  - Montuori, Marco
A1  - Servedio, Vito D. P.
JF  - The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter
IS  - 2
Y1  - 2004/05//
VL  - 38
ER  -