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Tag Archives: airfall deposits
Many bedrock plains are clastic rocks, not lavas
The Martian surface is dominated by loose dust, sands, and rocks, but high spatial resolution imaging has permitted the detection of numerous flat-lying exposures of ancient, intact bedrock. These “bedrock plains” have previously been interpreted as lava sequences, perhaps similar … Continue reading
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Tagged airfall deposits, bedrock, lava plains, plains, regolith, sedimentary debris, volcanic ash
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