艾利瓦加尔河道

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艾利瓦加尔河道(Elivagar Flumina)是由土卫六门尔瓦撞击坑[1]周边区域一系列长度在23公里到210公里不等的河道构成的河网[2],其流域范围至少有120公里宽,并显示出侵蚀迹象,在河口处存在冲积扇[3]。艾利瓦加尔河道被解释为冲积河流,因为它靠近河谷,并从雷达后向散射中得到体现[4]。土卫六门尔瓦撞击坑地区的地貌测绘提供了外生作用证据,如流体的冲刷蚀刻(换言之,山洪暴发),这被认为是形成河道网的主要原因[1][5]

艾利瓦加尔河道取名自以北欧神话中的一组有毒的冰河艾利瓦加尔[6]

参考资料[编辑]

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Williams, David; Radebaugh, Jani; Lopes, Rosaly; Stofan, Ellen. Geomorphologic mapping of the Menrva region of Titan using Cassini RADAR data. Icarus. 2011, 212 (2): 744–750. Bibcode:2011Icar..212..744W. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.01.014. 
  2. ^ Fig. 1. Cassini RADAR image of Menrva and Elivagar Flumina taken during the T3 fly-by, showing the channels near Menrva and the catchment basin (highlighted in blue).. [18 June 2016]. (原始内容存档于2016-06-30). 
  3. ^ ALLUVIAL FANS ON TITAN REVEAL MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND REGIONAL CONDITIONS (PDF). 2013 [18 June 2016]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2013-10-21). 
  4. ^ Ingo Müller-Wodarg; Caitlin A. Griffith; Emmanuel Lellouch, 2014. Titan: Interior, Surface, Atmosphere, and Space Environment. Cambridge University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-521-19992-6.
  5. ^ Williams, David A., et al. "Geomorphologic mapping of the Menrva region of Titan using Cassini RADAR data." Icarus212.2 (2011): 744-750.
  6. ^ Robert Brown; Jean Pierre Lebreton; Hunter Waite, 2009. Titan from Cassini-Huygens. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 508. ISBN 978-1-4020-9215-2.