Definition
Flow-like topographic or albedo features formed on steep slopes of inner crater walls on airless bodies (Bart 2007) (e.g., Fig. 1).
Flow features on the northern interior slope of Furnerius A, Moon (cf. Fig. 5 in spur-and-gully). Scale bar 200 m. LROC NAC M187848982R (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Bagnold RA (1941) The physics of blown sand and desert dunes. Methuen, London, p 265
Barnoiun O, Smith D, Zuber M, Robinson M, Neumann G et al (2010) The topographic shape and surface roughness of a few lunar craters. 41st Lunar Planet Sci Conf, abstract #1479, Houston
Bart GD (2007) Comparison of small lunar landslides and Martian gullies. Icarus 187:417–421
Börzsönyi T, Halsey TC, Ecke RE (2005) Two scenarios for avalanche dynamics in inclined granular layers. Phys Rev Lett 94:208001
Forterre Y, Pouliquen O (2008) Flow of dense granular media. Annu Rev Fluid Mech 40:1–24
Giese B, Neukum G, Roatsch T, Denk T, Rorco CC (2006) Topographic modeling of Phoebe using Cassini images. Planet Space Sci 54:1156–1166
Jop P, Forterre Y, Pouliquen O (2006) A constitutive law for dense granular flows. Nature 441:727–730
Midi GDR (2004) On dense granular flows. Eur Phys J E 14:341–365
Scully JEC, Russell CT, Yun A, Jaumann R, McSween HY, Raymond CA, Reddy V, Le Corre L (2013) Gullies on Vesta, related geologic features and possible formation mechanisms. 44th Lunar Planet Sci Conf, abstract #1572, Houston
Senthil Kumar P, Keerthi V, Senthil Kumar A, Mustard J, Gopala Krishna B, Amitab OLR, Kring DA, Kiran Kumar AS, Goswami JN (2013) Gullies and landslides on the Moon: evidence for dry-granular flows. J Geophys Res Planet 118:206–223. doi:10.1002/jgre.20043
Shevchenko VV, Pinet PC, Shevrel SD, Dadu Y, Lu Y, Skobeleva TP, Kvaratskhelia OI, Rosemberg K (2012) Modern slope processes on the moon. Solar Syst Res 46(1):1–17. doi:10.1134/S0038094612010066
Shinbrot T, Duong N-H, Kwan L, Alvarez MM (2004) Dry granular flows can generate surface features resembling those seen in Martian gullies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:8542–8546
Yangxiaoyi Lu, Shevchenko VV (2012) Current events on the Moon: LROC and Chang’E-2 Data. 43rd Lunar Planet Sci Conf, abstract #1207, Houston
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this entry
Cite this entry
Börzsönyi, T., Hargitai, H. (2015). Crater Wall Flow-Like Features (Moon, Asteroids). In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_106
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_106
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-3133-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-3134-3
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceReference Module Physical and Materials ScienceReference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences