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HiPOD 4 Sept 23: Resistant Material in Olympus Mons Aureole Ridges
The question of how the Olympus Mons aureole formed has wide-ranging implications for Mars paleoclimate, including whether a northern ocean existed. The presence or absence of bedded lava within aureole blocks can help test the merits of a competing hypotheses for the aureole’s formation. These blocks are particularly well exposed and appear to contain layered beds of resistant material.
