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Tag Archives: lobate debris aprons
HiRISE: Along a scarp
Along a scarp. All along this section of scarp of a canyon in Kasei Valles, there appears to be a lobe-shaped margin of something (lava? mud? flood sediments?) that flowed into this trough, coated the floor and subsequently drained. What’s … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Kasei Valles, lobate debris aprons, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, scarps, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Yuty Crater ejecta
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 26, 2018. Off the image to the right is Yuty Crater, located between Simud and Tiu Valles. The crater ejcta forms the large lobes along the right side of this VIS image. This type … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, fluidized ejecta, ground ice, groundwater, impacts, lobate debris aprons, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Simud Valles, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tiu Valles, Yuty Crater
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HiRISE: Textures in Deuteronilus Mensae
This enhanced color image shows the surface of a lobate debris apron in the Deuteronilus Mensae region of Mars, on the boundary between the Northern plains and Southern lowlands. These lobe-shaped formations commonly emanate from mesas in this region and … Continue reading
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Tagged Deuteronilus Mensae, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lobate debris aprons, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mid-latitude glaciers, mid-latitude mantling, MRO, NASA, Shallow Radar, SHARAD, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Terminal lobes of a large debris flow in Melas Chasma
Terminal lobes of a large debris flow in Melas Chasma. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, debris flows, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lobate debris aprons, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Melas Chasma, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Knobs with lobate flows
Knobs with lobate flows around their margins. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, hills, HiRISE, lobate debris aprons, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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Debris aprons and valley fill hold ancient ice several hundred million years old
Along the edge of the crustal dichotomy, where the southern highlands step down onto the northern plains, lies a landscape of mesas, buttes, and valleys. Valleys appear choked with linear streams of debris, and on the flanks of many mesas … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, crustal dichotomy, Deuteronilus, glaciers, ice, lineated valley fill, lobate debris aprons
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Latitude controlled Amazonian ice flows
Signs of underground ice deposited in the Amazonian period (the most recent in Martian history) are common in many places on Mars. Evidence includes tropical mountain glacier deposits, lobate debris aprons, lineated valley fill, concentric crater fill, and pedestal craters. … Continue reading
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Tagged CO2 ice, concentric crater fill, CTX, glaciers, lineated valley fill, lobate debris aprons, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mountain glaciers
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