Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Aug 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9514279m&link_type=abstract
(American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America, International Conference on Mars, 4th, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 10-13, 19
Mathematics
Logic
30
Erosion, Mars Craters, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Mantles, Topography, Geological Surveys, Landforms, Mapping, Mars Surface, Pixels
Scientific paper
Maps derived from the Viking Orbiter images of northeastern Arabia, a heavily cratered region in the Martian northern hemisphere, are interpreted in terms of the nature and the possible origin of the extensive several-hundred-meter-thick deposit of horizontally layered material overlaying a portion of northeastern Arabia. Observations suggest that the deposit is extensively eroded, indicating that this material can be easily broken down into transportable elements, and that it consists of particles larger than fine sand. Two possibilities for the origin of the deposit are discussed. One is that the deposit is a differentially welded pyroclastic tuff, the other that it is a differentially compacted zonally indurated dust deposit.
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