HiPOD: A Clay-Rich Mound in an Eroded Plateau

These mounds contain bright-toned material which have been found to be clay-bearing with data from the CRISM instrument on MRO. This particular example contains both aluminum and iron/magnesium bearing clays. These regions of bright-toned material are layered down to the meter scale and are heavily fractured, reminiscent of the clay-bearing deposits at Mawrth Vallis.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074720_2030
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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