A Question About Mars' Oceans

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8 years 2 weeks ago - 8 years 2 weeks ago #4880 by ??

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In many pictures from the surface of Mars there are thin layers of stuff that appear like stacked pancakes or stacked slices of cheese. Are these layers of manufactured material or are they merely layers of sediment, or both? As sediment requires liquid, in this case water, I am studying and trying to map where oceans may have once been on Mars.

I am starting with the map below that I downloaded off the internet. I am especially interested in possible shorelines. Briefly, does this look correct to you? Please post your comments (and maps) below.

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8 years 2 weeks ago #4882 by Todd

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It looks pretty close to the CU-Boulder illustration and the NASA animation, they have more water around the equator. There used to be some detailed chrome maps online 15 or so years ago that were really nice but I can no longer locate them.

www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2010/06/13/new-cu-boulder-study-indicates-ancient-ocean-may-have-covered-one-third

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8 years 2 weeks ago #4883 by WillFarrar

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CQ this is a great idea. Todd way to jump on it! Richard C. Hoagland on the last other side of midnight I was on had mentioned that those pancakes look more like crushed floors of buildings or something along those lines. Some are rather small but they certainly do take a very even look sometimes and eerily have re-bar looking material sticking out of a lot of them!

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