Fault-Continuation Ridges in the Valles Marineris, Mars: Evidence for Groundwater Circulation

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1339t&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1339

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Groundwater, Mars: Hydrothermal, Mars: Water, Valles Marineris

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The walls of the Valles Marineris (VM) are marked in many places by high-standing ridges that continue the traces of graben bounding faults on the plains adjacent to the VM. These fault-continuation ridges (FCR) are most prominent at Melas Labes and Candor Labes, where they form the boundaries between Ophir, Melas, and Candor Chasmae. FCR are as long as 100 km, and extend from the plains surfaces downward about 3-6 km in elevation. Available data suggests that FCR are fault zones cemented and hardened by groundwater deposits.

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