Articles | Volume 3, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-389-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-389-2015
Research article
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04 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 04 Aug 2015

Groundwater seepage landscapes from distant and local sources in experiments and on Mars

W. A. Marra, S. J. McLelland, D. R. Parsons, B. J. Murphy, E. Hauber, and M. G. Kleinhans

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Groundwater seepage creates valleys with typical theater-shaped valley heads, which are found on Earth and on Mars. For a better interpretation of these systems, we conducted scale experiments on the formation such valleys. We find that entire landscapes, instead of just the shape of the valleys, provide insights into the source of groundwater. Landscapes filled with valleys indicate a local groundwater source in contrast to sparsely dissected landscapes formed by a distal source of groundwater.