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• Casius quadrangle
  ...nting sediments. The hardened layers are consequently more protected from erosion. This process may occur instead of layers forming under lakes. ...uley | first1 = J. F. | date = 1973 | title = Mariner 9 evidence for wind erosion in the equatorial and mid-latitude regions of Mars | url = | journal = Jour
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• Geological processes that have shaped Mars: Why Mars looks like it does
  ...that is lacking on the Earth. Plate tectonics and vigorous air and water erosion has wiped out nearly all of the past geology of the Earth. In contrast, mu ==Erosion Related==
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• Lunae Palus quadrangle
  ...rs per second (16 miles per hour). Some boulders displayed erosion by the wind.<ref>Mutch, T. et al. 1976. "The Surface of Mars: The View from the Vikin
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• HiWish program
  ...in the ground. This part of the process happens under the ground. Later erosion will remove the weaker materials around the dike. What is left is a narrow ...ws can make cap rock. The cap rock will protect the underlying rocks from erosion. Cap rock often breaks up into large boulders. Sometimes the boulders are
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• Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle
  ...1084-1087.</ref> This information is consistent with the idea that bright wind streaks form from the deposition of airborne dust in the quiet air behind o ...arranged in layers. Rock can form layers in a variety of ways. Volcanoes, wind, or water can produce layers.<ref>http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu?PSP_008437_
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• Aeolis quadrangle
  ..., Odysseus received the west wind Zephyr here and kept it in bags, but the wind got out.<ref>Blunck, J. 1982. Mars and its Satellites. Exposition Press. ...old channel as a raised ridge because the ridge will be more resistant to erosion
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• What Mars Actually Looks Like!
  ...r that its atmosphere is only about 1 % as dense as the Earth's. Hence, a wind speed of a 60-mph storm on Mars would feel more like 6 mph (9.6 km/hr).<ref Many places on Mars show rocks arranged in layers. Volcanoes, wind, or water can produce layers.<ref>url=http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu?PSP_008
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• Liquid Water on Mars
  ...l processes that occur; imaging the surface seeking evidence of past water erosion; examining the physical properties of ice; monitoring the polar ice caps; a ...phere also must have been much denser in order to cause the amount of wind erosion seen that caused the hematite to fall out of the sandstone. (Universe)
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• Rivers on Mars
  ...e when hard materials pile up in the streams. Later erosion, often by the wind, will remove the surrounding, softer material and leave behind elevated rid ...A. et al. 2020. Valley formation on early Mars by subglacial and fluvial erosion. Nature Geoscience. </ref> As of today, we just do not have a definite an
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• Martian features that are signs of water ice
  ...d the impacting body going through layers with different densities. Also, erosion could have helped shape them. With an extensive analysis of larger areas, ...but no further. Heat and wind from the impact hardens the surface against erosion. This hardening can be accomplished by the melting of ice which produces a
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• Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle
  ...electrical energy. The power of the Rovers was restored many times by the wind, in the form of dust devils, cleaning the panels and boosting the power. So ...e Medusae Fossae formation. The formation is coated with dust and contains wind-carved ridges called yardangs. These yardangs have steep slopes thickly cov
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• Cebrenia quadrangle
  .../ref> <ref>McCauley, John F. (December 1972). "Mariner 9 Evidence for Wind Erosion in the Equatorial and Mid-Latitude Regions of Mars". Journal of Geophysical ...represent mantle deposited when climate changed. They were shaped by the wind.]]
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• Eridania quadrangle
  ...nger|isbn=9783540859109|</ref> The whole dune may appear to move with the wind. Observing dunes on Mars can tell us how strong the winds are, as well as Some of the wind on Mars is created when the dry ice at the poles is heated in the spring.
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• Oxia Palus quadrangle
  ...verage 20 meters in thickness. At times, the top layer may be resistant to erosion and will form a feature called a Mesa, the Latin word for table.<ref>http:/ ...2006. Breccia dikes and crater-related faults in impact craters on Mars: Erosion and exposure on the floor of a crater 75 km in diameter at the dichotomy bo
  40 KB (6,274 words) - 10:53, 23 December 2023
• Crew 167 Journalism Reports
  • Caprock erosion from wind and water (mass wasting) ...e crew members. It was a beautiful night out there with clear sky and calm wind. The list of objects observed during the night included: the Moon, Jupiter,
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• Ismenius Lacus quadrangle
  ...s than the length of Greenland).<ref>Distances calculated using NASA World Wind measuring tool. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/.</ref> The Ismenius Lacus qu ...el.jpg|Possible inverted channel Here after a stream bed got filled with erosion resistant materials, the surrounding, softer landscape eroded away.
  70 KB (10,556 words) - 06:01, 28 March 2024
• Coprates quadrangle
  ...ssolved in water. Some cementing materials are very hard and resistant to erosion. On Earth, materials cemented by silica are highly resistant to all kinds o
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• Arcadia quadrangle
  ...s than the length of Greenland).<ref>Distances calculated using NASA World Wind measuring tool. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/.</ref> ...2006. Breccia dikes and crater-related faults in impact craters on Mars: Erosion and exposure on the floor of a crater 75 km in diameter at the dichotomy bo
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• Hellas quadrangle
  ...ss of formation is still largely unknown, although it appears to be due to erosion of hard and soft sediment along with ductile deformation. Ductile deformati Image:ESP_024868pyramid.jpg|Layered feature probably formed by the erosion of the upper plains unit
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• Crew 1a - Crew Reports
  ...r local repeaters. Frequently, however, the background noise caused by the wind blowing around their helmets made them difficult to understand and made it ...amples and successfully transport them to the sample collection bags. High wind conditions were intermittent, however, and did not stop any of our planned
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