Tag Archives: Aeolis Planum

HiRISE: Layers in Galle Crater

Posted on March 31, 2017 by rburnham

This image shows a layered deposit in Galle Crater, located in the Southern cratered highlands. The geologic history of Galle Crater is not well constrained, and it contains a variety of features that have been interpreted as fluvial, lacustrine or … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Martian meanders and scroll-bars

Posted on March 1, 2017 by rburnham

This is a portion of an inverted fluvial channel in the region of Aeolis / Zephyria Plana, at the Martian equator. Channels become inverted when the sediments filling them become more resistant to erosion than the surrounding material. Here, the … Continue reading →

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