* Joanna Morgan will share results of modeling to determine more accurately the amount of sulfur and CO2 shot into the atmosphere, including a second phase of gas release
when ejecta was re-vaporized.
When that ejecta rammed into surrounding interstellar gas, it created a shock wave — the equivalent of a cosmic «sonic boom.»
Not exact matches
That left the researchers with the idea that meltwater, produced
when hot
ejecta interacted with an icy surface, carved the Lyot valleys.
Based on data in part from MGS, researchers noted a lack of
ejecta debris in the region as well as features that usuallly point to volcanism, such as «bathtub rings» created
when lava recedes from the area.