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Round Mesas on the Floor of Ravi Vallis, Mars - Are they Igneous Intrusions?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Coleman, N. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Introduction: Tear-drop shaped mesas are common on the floors of the Martian outflow channels. They often formed with craters at the rounded, upstream end where the high-standing crater rim caused flow separation and diversion of the flow. Circular mesas, a different kind of feature, have been discovered on the channel floor of Ravi Vallis (Fig. 1). These features are enigmatic because they occur in low parts of the channel where the greatest erosion occurred. How were these round mesas preserved and how do they differ from the geologic strata around them that were more easily eroded? |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2154.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
