Sustained fluvial deposition recorded in Mars’ Noachian stratigraphic record

Using high-resolution orbital imagery of the Martian surface, the authors Salese et al. here describe the first discovered stratigraphic product of multiple extensive fluvial-channel belts in an exposed vertical section at Izola Mensa in the northwestern rim of the Hellas Basin.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Francesco Salese, William J. McMahon, Matthew R. Balme, Veronique Ansan, Joel M. Davis, Maarten G. Kleinhans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15622-0