Shear-induced folding in Arsia Mons aureole - Evidence for low-latitude Martian glaciations

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Folds (Geology), Glaciology, Mars Surface, Planetary Geology, Geological Faults, Paleoclimatology, Tectonics

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Folds up to 50 km across have been identified on Arsia Mons aureole, Tharsis Province, Mars. The structures, located on Mars for the first time, are close to Aganippe Fossa and other huge faults which have behaved as left-lateral shear zones and then as extensional features. A tectonic scheme is proposed to explain the folds as shear-induced structures. Folding reveals a layered sequence in the aureole, and that is taken as a definitive evidence for its deposition by ice.

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