New and recent gully activity on Mars as seen by HiRISE

Fresh-appearing gully deposits are found at tens of sites in the southern hemisphere of Mars. These deposits have latitudinal and azimuthal dependences similar to the overall preferences of southern-hemisphere gullies, suggesting that most gullies can undergo such events. Definite changes are seen at ten sites, including two previously reported. These include visible modification of gully channels and aprons. Those formation intervals constrained to better than one Mars year tend to include winter and exclude summer, suggesting seasonal activity. This seasonal activity is consistent with proposed models for gully formation driven by CO2 frost, although at least some of the new deposits are probably due to dry granular flow with no volatile involvement. As these deposits are capable of effecting distinct topographic changes to gully aprons and channels, they represent a significant component of recent gully evolution. Citation: Dundas, C. M., A. S. McEwen, S. Diniega, and S. Byrne ( 2010), New and recent gully activity on Mars as seen by HiRISE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L07202, doi: 10.1029/2009GL041351.

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Author Dundas, C. M.
McEwen, A. S.
Diniega, S.
Byrne, S.
Martínez-Alonso, Sara-Eva
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Suggested Citation Dundas, C. M., McEwen, A. S., Diniega, S., Byrne, S., Martínez-Alonso, Sara-Eva. (2010). New and recent gully activity on Mars as seen by HiRISE. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7668hgk. Accessed 26 August 2025.

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