Synonyms
Rift paleolake (Mangold and Ansan 2006).
Formation
Formation models of canyon lakes:
- (1)
Low-standing shallow canyon lakes or playas (Lucchitta 1982). These may have been recharged in the subsurface from the global groundwater table derived from the polar ice.
- (2)
High-standing km-deep water-filled canyon lakes, probably ice covered. Possible lacustrine deposits (interior-layered deposits) have been identified within canyons and valleys on volcanoes, at a higher elevation than the base of the polar-layered deposits, precluding the possibility that – unlike crater lakes – these lakes received water from the global groundwater system derived from the basal melting of ice-rich polar deposits (Carr 2002). Possible local sources of...
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Kereszturi, Á., Hargitai, H. (2015). Canyon Lake (Mars). In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_34
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