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Tag Archives: Vastitas Borealis Formation
THEMIS: Crater dunes
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 18, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows a sand sheet with surface dune forms located on the floor of an unnamed crater in Vastitas Borealis. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged frost, northern lowlands, northern plains, sand dunes, sand sheet, Vastitas Borealis Formation
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MARSIS detects “Oceanus Borealis” sediments
The ground-penetrating radar instrument MARSIS on the Mars Express orbiter has measured the electrical properties of the north and south polar regions. The results, reported in Geophysical Research Letters by Jérémie Mouginot (University of California, Irvine) and colleagues, strongly support … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, ice, Mars Express, MARSIS, Oceanus Borealis, Phoenix, Vastitas Borealis Formation
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