Evidence for an Hesperian-aged South Circum-Polar Lake Margin Environment on Mars

• Published in: Planetary and Space Science
• Main Authors: Dickson, James, Head, James W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Mars; Dorsa Argentea Formation; Glacial Lake; Kettle Hole; Polar processes; Broad Valley; South Pole; Ice Sheet; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2005.12.010

A broad pitted plain and an elongated low rise occur near the south pole of Mars between a region of major cavi (Cavi Angusti) and a regionally smooth and broad valley (Argentea Planum). Viking, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), and Odyssey data reveal a densely pitted plain covering ∼6750 km^2, and con...