Digital elevation models of the western Valles Marineris, Mars

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Mars Surface, Tectonics, Topography

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The canyon system of the Valles Marineris is one of the most striking large-scale features of the Martian surface. Different mechanisms such as deep-seated tension fracturing or localized crustal rifting have been proposed to explain the development of the troughs. Recent work analyzing the canyons tectonic and erosional and sedimentational history all relied on topographic data. In other regions on Mars, similar studies also involved the knowledge of topography. Thus, detailed topographic measurements will enable a more precise evaluation of these and related problems. However, reliable Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are still rare in planetary science at regional and global scales. The goal of our study is to derive regional high-resolution DEMs of the western part of the Valles Marineris on Mars using state-of-the-art digital image-matching techniques.

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