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Sedimentary volcanism in southern Chryse Planitia: varieties of mud volcanos

Posted on March 6, 2019 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Petr Broz and four co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Subsurface Sediment Mobilization in the Southern Chryse Planitia on Mars • Southern Chryse Planitia contains a large field of Amazonian‐aged extrusive … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: A mass of viscous flow features

Posted on March 6, 2017 by rburnham

Viscous, lobate flow features are commonly found at the bases of slopes in the mid-latitudes of Mars, and are often associated with gullies. These features are bound by ridges that resemble terrestrial moraines, suggesting that these deposits are ice-rich, or … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Muddy ejecta flow

Posted on January 12, 2017 by rburnham

This small 2 kilometer-wide crater was sitting around, minding its own business when a meteoroid struck the ground just to the west and created a new, larger crater almost 10 kilometers in diameter (not pictured). The ejecta spraying out of … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Flow near Reull Vallis

Posted on September 16, 2016 by rburnham

Flow near Reull Vallis. Beautiful Mars series.

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A mud flow on Mars?

Posted on October 30, 2015 by rburnham

Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, October 31, 2015: Lionel Wilson (Lancaster University, UK) and Peter Mouginis-Mark (University of Hawaii). Image 1 shows a distinctive flow deposit southwest of the Cerberus Fossae on Mars.  The flow source is a ~20 … Continue reading →

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