Pit-floored craters and layered terrains in the circum-Hellas region, Mars: Morphology, topography, stratigraphy, and relation to Late Noachian–Early Hesperian climate
Planetary and Space Science(2022)
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Pit-floored craters (PFCs) have been observed in the highlands surrounding the Hellas impact basin on Mars. The pits consist of large irregularly shaped depressions (∼10s of km wide and ∼100s of m deep), often with steep layered walls and terraced interiors. We analyze a previously recognized population of circum-Hellas PFCs and nearby layered terrains using high-resolution visible imagery and stereo topography data and compare them to current models of Noachian–Hesperian geologic and climatic evolution. We find little evidence for regionally integrated fluvial runoff or crater rim breaching; crater interiors instead display fine-scale layering potentially related to pyroclastic, aeolian, or glacial deposition. Steep pit scarps, terraced pit floors, and a lack of traditional sediment transport pathways implicate sublimation of ice and removal into the atmosphere as the major pit-forming process. Radiating ridges interpreted as inverted fluvial channels emanating from raised pit boundaries further suggest water ice as a dominant crater floor fill material. Latitudinal distinctions in PFC morphology and evidence for both recent and past crater mantling and degradation events suggest a climate-controlled origin and evolution of circum-Hellas layered terrains dominated by the emplacement and removal of snow and ice.
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Mars,Climate,Glaciers,Lakes,Stratigraphy
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