Tag Archives: shorelines

Ocean shoreline in Cydonia Mensae?

Posted on January 25, 2019 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Steven Sholes and two co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Quantitative High‐Resolution Re‐Examination of a Hypothesized Ocean Shoreline in Cydonia Mensae on Mars • We apply a proposed paleoshoreline identification toolkit … Continue reading →

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Valley network distribution supports true polar wander and an ancient ocean

Posted on August 20, 2018 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Ngai Ham Chan and three co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] New Evidence of an Ancient Martian Ocean from the Global Distribution of Valley Networks • Surface deformation due to True … Continue reading →

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Perfect beaches ruined by martian volcanoes

Posted on April 10, 2018 by rburnham

The presence of potential shorelines in the northern hemisphere of Mars suggests that Mars once had oceans. The non-constant elevations of these putative shorelines, however, do not support that hypothesis. Recent work [published in Nature] by Robert Citron and colleagues … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Once an ancient shoreline?

Posted on September 29, 2014 by rburnham

Once an ancient shoreline? Beautiful Mars series.

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