Tag Archives: layered deposits

THEMIS: Layers upon layers in Melas Chasma

Posted on November 28, 2017 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, November 28, 2017. This VIS image highlights the extent of layered materials within the canyon. The image is located on the mid elevations on the south side of the canyon. Melas Chasma is part of … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Layered buttes & dunes in Melas Chasma

Posted on November 27, 2017 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, November 27, 2017. Melas Chasma is part of the largest canyon system on Mars, Valles Marineris. At only 563 km long (349 miles) it is not the longest canyon, but it is the widest. Located … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Light-toned layered deposit within Hydrae Chasma

Posted on September 12, 2017 by rburnham

Light-toned layered deposit within Hydrae Chasma. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Layers along a mesa in Hellas Planitia

Posted on May 5, 2017 by rburnham

Layers along a mesa in Hellas Planitia. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Layers in a mid-latitude depression

Posted on April 24, 2017 by rburnham

Layers in a depression on a crater floor in the northern mid-latitudes. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Clinoforms down in Melas Chasma

Posted on April 10, 2017 by rburnham

This group of steeply inclined light-toned layers is bounded above and below by unconformities (sudden or irregular changes from one deposit to another) that indicate a “break” where erosion of pre-existing layers was taking place at a higher rate than … Continue reading →

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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: To great depths

Posted on March 22, 2017 by rburnham

Hellas is an ancient impact structure and is the deepest and broadest enclosed basin on Mars. It measures about 2,300 kilometers across and the floor of the basin, Hellas Planitia, contains the lowest elevations on Mars. The Hellas region can … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Layered deposits in Uzboi Vallis

Posted on March 17, 2017 by rburnham

Layered deposits in Uzboi Vallis sometimes occur in alcoves along the valley and/or below where tributaries enter it. These deposits may record deposition into a large lake that once filled Uzboi Vallis when it was temporarily dammed at its northern … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: A closer look at Holden Crater

Posted on March 16, 2017 by rburnham

Holden Crater in southern Margaritifer Terra displays a series of finely layered deposits on its floor (white and light purple in an enhanced color image). The layered deposits are especially well exposed in the southwestern section of the crater where … Continue reading →

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