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Tag Archives: phyllosilicates
HiRISE: Clay outcrop near Maja Valles
A clay outcrop near Maja Valles. Maja Valles is a large, ancient outflow channel in the Lunae Palus quadrangle on Mars. The name is a Nepali word for “Mars”, and parts of the system have been partially buried by thin volcanic … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, clay minerals, clays, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Lunae Palus, Maja Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, outflow channels, phyllosilicates, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: Clays in a well-preserved impact crater in Acidalia Planitia
Clays in a well-preserved impact crater in Acidalia Planitia. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, Beautiful Mars, clays, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Clays in a grouping of small craters
Clays in a grouping of small craters. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, clay minerals, craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, University of Arizona
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Stepped fans and phyllosilicates on Mars
Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, April 1, 2018: Peter Grindrod (Natural History Museum, London, UK). A number of different studies have catalogued features on Mars that could be given the general heading of sedimentary fans… These features occur whenever … Continue reading
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Tagged alluvial fan deposits, alluvial fans, clay minerals, Coprates Chasma, phyllosilicates, Valles Marineris
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Mars Curiosity celebrates Sol 2,000
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the rover in January offers a preview of what comes next. Looming over the image is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, clay minerals, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Phyllosilicate Trough, phyllosilicates, Vera Rubin Ridge
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HiRISE: Clay-rich deposits possibly associated with Nif Crater
Clay-rich deposits possibly associated with Nif Crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, clay minerals, clays, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nif Crater, phyllosilicates, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Clays of Ladon Basin
Ladon Basin was a large impact structure that was filled in by the deposits from Ladon Valles, a major ancient river on Mars. These wet sediments were altered into minerals such as various clay minerals. Clays imply chemistry that may … Continue reading
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Tagged clay minerals, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Ladon Basin, Ladon Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, sediments, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Clay-rich deposits associated with a degraded crater
Clay-rich deposits associated with a degraded crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, clay minerals, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, University of Arizona
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CRISM: Hydrated minerals in Chryse Planitia
The Chryse Planitia is a smooth circular plain that has a diameter of 1600 km, and has a depth of 2.5 km below its average surface altitude, making it one of Mars’s lowest regions. Chryse Planitia was a landing site … Continue reading