Clinoforms in Melas Chasma

The layered deposits in Melas Basin may have been deposited during the growth of a delta complex. This depositional sequence likely represents a period where materials were being deposited on the floor of a lake or running river.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/PSP_008735_1700
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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