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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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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HiRISE: Clays in the Eridania Basin

This colorful image shows clays within the Eridania basin region. Many scientists using orbital data have proposed that a large lake may have once existed here during the Late Noachian through Early Hesperian time periods, and then much of the … Continue reading

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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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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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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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HiRISE: Clay-rich deposits possibly associated with Nif Crater

Clay-rich deposits possibly associated with Nif Crater. Beautiful Mars series.

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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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HiRISE: Clay-rich deposits associated with a degraded crater

Clay-rich deposits associated with a degraded crater. Beautiful Mars series.

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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

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