A Lava Sea in the Northern Plains of Mars: Circumpolar Hesperian Oceans Reconsidered
Abstract
The Vastitas Borealis Formation (VBF) in the martian northern plains is commonly attributed to sediments from a circumpolar Hesperian ocean of water. We present evidence that the VBF formed from a sea of flooded lava, not water.
- Publication:
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42nd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011LPI....42.2529C