The Martian North Polar Cap: Sedimentary Aspects

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Aug 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000mpse.conf...32e&link_type=abstract

International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, p. 32

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Mars (Planet), Sedimentary Rocks, Polar Caps, Mars Surface, Planetary Geology, Mars Global Surveyor, Terrain, Thickness, Stratigraphy

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The polar layered terrains of Mars exhibit many of the characteristics common to sedimentary rocks and deposits on Earth, including groups of similar beds (i.e., 'formations'), continuity of beds over hundreds of kilometers distance, beds of differing thickness and resistance to erosion, deformed beds, and erosional unconformities. Many of these features are readily apparent in the north polar cap, the subject of this brief report, in 1.5-12 m/pixel images acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) in the past two years. The sedimentary and stratigraphic properties described here attest to the presence of a complex geologic record that, with adequate field work, could one day be deciphered. Additional information is contained in original extended abstract.

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