Orientations and Morphology of Linear Ridges in Nili Fossae: Mineralized Fracture Zones and Implications for Crustal Fluid Transport

Details Orientations and Morphology of Linear Ridges in Nili Fossae: Mineralized Fracture Zones and Implications for Crustal Fluid Transport Orientations and Morphology of Linear Ridges in Nili Fossae: Mineralized Fracture Zones and Implications for Crustal Fluid Transport

Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1119

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A total of 2283 ridges were mapped in Nili Fossae bedrock at CTX
resolution. We propose that the ridges represent impact-generated
fracture zones that facilitated fluid flow, were preferentially
hardened, and exhumed by differential erosion.

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