Physics
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agusm.p32a..02m&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #P32A-02
Physics
5419 Hydrology And Fluvial Processes, 5462 Polar Regions, 5475 Tectonics (8149), 5480 Volcanism (6063, 8148, 8450), 6225 Mars
Scientific paper
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) has acquired more than 2 Tb of data in more than 1,000 images of Mars at resolutions as high as 25 cm/pixel in the 3 PM mapping orbit of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Each image consists of data from up to 14 CCD detectors and could contain as many as 3 giga-pixels. Early results include (1) improved knowledge of the stratigraphy of the north polar layered deposits and the origin of the thick basal unit; (2) discovery that rocks are uniformly abundant in the Vastitas Borealis Formation covering the northern lowlands; (3) imaging of past landing sites has provided new insights and surprises about the nature of these surfaces; (4) fine layered deposits in Valles Marineris, Meridiani Planum, Arabia Terra and elsewhere are often cut by indurated and/or bleached joints and faults, most likely due to precipitation from fluids; (5) regions of Mars rich in phyllosilicate minerals [Murchie et al., submitted] are seen to consist of layered deposits with fine-scale fractures and polygons; (6) lava flows through Athabasca Valles were surprisingly thick flows that were deflated and drained, leaving behind a veneer of lava with abundant evidence for lava-water interactions; (7) stratigraphic studies reveal two major episodes of fluvial/lacustrine activity in Holden crater, and we've detected exposures of ancient megabreccia in the crater walls; (8) recent large (3-60 km) impact craters have created a range of apparently fluvially-modified landforms; (9) a small cluster of craters from a very recent impact event created a large (~2 km) wide blast zone with thousands of dust avalanches; (10) relatively bright deposits associated with very recent activities in gullies appear to consist of materials eroded from the crater slopes; (11) the south polar residual cap of CO2 has a range of newly-discovered morphologies that constrain models for landscape evolution; and(12) geysers or cold jets associated with sublimation of the seasonal CO2 frost are being monitored.
Hirise T.
McEwen Alfred S.
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