Tag Archives: Eridania

HiRISE: Smooth and fractured deposits in Eridania valleys

Posted on January 13, 2017 by rburnham

The ancient highland channels in this image empty into the Eridania Basin (not visible), a large topographically low enclosure with smooth-appearing terrains that may have once contained a large paleolake or ancient sea. Water in these channels flowed to the … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Ridges in Eridania basin

Posted on July 21, 2014 by rburnham

Eridania Basin, located at the head of Ma’adim Vallis, has mounting geomorphic and spectral evidence that it may have been the site of an ancient inland sea. This site presents interesting mineralogical and geological evidence for the past existence of … Continue reading →

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