Sedimentation, volcanism, and ancestral lakes in the Valles Marineris: Clues from topography

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Drainage Patterns, Hydrogeology, Lakes, Mars Surface, Planetary Geology, Sediments, Topography, Troughs, Water Erosion, Canals, Mars Volcanoes, Mesas, Terrain

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Compilation of a simplified geologic/geomorphic map onto a digital terrain model of Valles Marineris has permitted quantitative evaluations of topographic parameters. The study showed that, if their interior layered deposits are lacustrine, the ancestral Valles Marineris must have consisted of isolated basins. If, on the other hand, the troughs were interconnected as they are today, the deposits are most likely to volcanic origin, and the mesas in the peripheral troughs may be table mountains. The material eroded from the trough walls was probably not sufficient to form all of the interior layered deposits, but it may have contributed significantly to their formation.

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