Elivagar Flumina

Elivagar Flumina is a network of river channels, known as flumina , located in the region around the Menrva Crater of Titan. These channels range in length from 23 km to 210 km and are at least 120 km wide, showing signs of erosion. ^{[1] [2]} At their mouth, an alluvial fan is present. ^[3] The Elivagar Flumina is interpreted as alluvial due to its proximity to fluvial valleys and radar backscattering. ^[4] Geomorphic mapping of the Menrva region on Titan has provided evidence of exogenic processes such as hydrocarbon fluid channelization, or flash floods, which are believed to have formed the Flumina network. ^{[2] [5]}

The Elivagar Flumina is named after the Élivágar, a group of poisonous ice rivers in Norse mythology. ^[6]

References

1. "Fig. 1. Cassini RADAR image of Menrva and Elivagar Flumina taken during the T3 fly-by, showing the channels near Menrva and the catchment basin (highlighted in blue)" . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
2. Williams, David; Radebaugh, Jani; Lopes, Rosaly; Stofan, Ellen (2011). "Geomorphologic mapping of the Menrva region of Titan using Cassini RADAR data". Icarus. 212 (2): 744–750. Bibcode:2011Icar..212..744W. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.01.014.
3. "ALLUVIAL FANS ON TITAN REVEAL MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND REGIONAL CONDITIONS" (PDF). 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
4. Ingo Müller-Wodarg; Caitlin A. Griffith; Emmanuel Lellouch, 2014. Titan: Interior, Surface, Atmosphere, and Space Environment. Cambridge University Press. p. 69. ISBN   978-0-521-19992-6.
5. Williams, David A., et al. "Geomorphologic mapping of the Menrva region of Titan using Cassini RADAR data." Icarus212.2 (2011): 744-750.
6. Robert Brown; Jean Pierre Lebreton; Hunter Waite, 2009. Titan from Cassini-Huygens. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 508. ISBN   978-1-4020-9215-2.