The formation mechanisms for mid-latitude ice scarps on Mars

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Mid-latitude exposed ice scarps have recently been identified on Mars ( Dundas et al., 2018 , Dundas et al., 2021 ). The presence of such surface ice exposures at relatively low latitudes was itself a mystery, and the evolutionary dynamics of such scarps have also not been explained. In this work, we model the ice ablation rates of several identified mid-latitude scarps. We find that, given certain characteristics of their geographic setting, the orientation and growth of the scarps can be explained by energy balance models.