Modeling Floods That Formed Canyons on Earth and Mars (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Modeling Floods That Formed Canyons on Earth and Mars

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A new model of canyon-forming floods from UMass Amherst and CalTech researchers suggests that deep canyons can be formed in bedrock by significantly less water than previously thought.

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UMass Amherst/Isaac Larsen

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