Re: [Texascavers] Re: Karst topography found on Saturn's moon Titan

2010-03-05 Thread Josh Rubinstein
Karstification (the creation of a landscape that drains internally) can occur in substances other than limestone, in particular, ice. If you got liquid methane, it is pretty cold. The broad basins looks to me like craters. (Look to the upper right of the black and white photo for perfectly round

[Texascavers] Re: Karst topography found on Saturn's moon Titan

2010-03-04 Thread Mark Minton
There may indeed be karst-like topography on Titan, but that article is totally off-base when they compare it to White Canyon in Utah and claim that is an example of karst. I have spent a lot of time in White Canyon and its tributaries and can assure you that it is in fact largely if n