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| Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI pdf CLARITAS PALEOLAKE STUDIED FROM THE MEX HRSC DATA Raitala Aittola Korteniemi Kostama Hauber Kronberg Neukum and the HRSC Investigator Team Astronomy Univ Oulu Finland jouko raitala oulu Inst Planet Res DLR Berlin Germany Inst Geology Clausthal Zellerfeld Germany Inst Geosci Dept Earth Sciences Freie Universit Berlin Germany Claritas Fossae deforms the southern Tharsis slope The history its southern reach has included volcanic tectonic and water and ice related phases Water was transported from the upland peaks into the Claritas basin The drainage carved channel from the paleolake into Icaria Planum Along the channel there were also sapping crater lake with delta and alluvial fan formation Tharsis down Thaumasia Icaria Planum the north the scarp steps down from high the west lower the east Fig the south this wide graben Fig The middle section has higher eastern and lower western side Fig the south forms basin Figs The relative youth makes geologic marker Fig MOLA profiles Fig across Claritas Fossae and Claritas Rupes related graben arrows Fig MOLA topography Claritas Fossae Introduction The NNW SSE faults cut the ancient Hesperian Noachian uplands Tharsis related lava plains and fluvial and eolian formations the south crosses the NEE SWW trending set faults Thaumasia Fossae The Claritas Thaumasia tectonics may reflect plumerelated dike intrusions and rifting The fault intersection has numerous channels including Warrego Valles indicating p | |||||||||||||
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