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Hummocky Plains Unit: Flood deposit in Gale Crater

Posted on November 6, 2018 by rburnham

The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created canals. (…) Since its landing on the “Red Planet” in … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Cerberus Fossae, source of floods

Posted on May 22, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, May 22, 2018. Today’s VIS image shows a section of Cerberus Fossae. Located southeast of the Elysium Planitia volcanic complex, the linear graben was created by tectonic forces related to the volcanic activity. The fossa … Continue reading →

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Giant channels carved by repeated small floods?

Posted on October 18, 2016 by rburnham

Geomorphologists who study Earth’s surface features and the processes that formed them have long been interested in how floods, in particular catastrophic outbursts that occur when a glacial lake ice dam bursts, for example, can change a planet’s surface, not … Continue reading →

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