Conclusions

© Charles Chandler

 

The following table compares the performance of various hypotheses concerned rille formation, on the Moon and on Mars.¹

 

SYMBOLS:

A. Predictable

B. Permissible

C. Unexpected

O. Irrelevant

X. Impossible

 

 

	erosion via water	erosion gas cloud	formed by gas blow	formed by lava tube	electric eruption	impact crack
wider at high end	C	C	O	B	A	B
channel sinuous	A	C	O	C	A	B
upper end crater	B	B	O	B	A	A
ends at diff. elev.	A	A	O	A	A	B
no out wash dep.	C-X	C-X	B	C-X	A	A
no chan. bridges	A	A	O	B-C	A	A
chan. cratering	O	O	A	O	A	A
trav. high ground	X	X	B	X	B	B
stray fr. surf. dip	C-X	C-X	B	C-X	B	B
on ridge crest	X	X	A	B	A	B
strata exposure	B	B	A	C-X	A-B	A
strata upturned	X	X	A	X	A	A
rille clustering	C	C	B-C	B-C	A-B	A
rille crossing	C-X	C-X	A-O	C-X	B	B
2nd rille in bottom	B	C	C	C	B	B
distinct rille/crater	X			X	C	A