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EP: Extraterrestrische Physik

EP 16: Mars II

EP 16.3: Talk

Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 10:45–11:00, TU BH349

INTERIOR LAYERED DEPOSITS IN VALLES MARINERIS, MARS: INSIGHTS FROM 3D-DATA OBTAINED BY THE HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO CAMERA (HRSC) ON MARS EXPRESS — •Ernst Hauber¹, Klaus Gwinner¹, Dennis Reiss¹, Stesky Robert², Fueten Frank³, Gregory Michael¹, Harald Hoffmann¹, Ralf Jaumann¹, Tanja Zegers⁴, Gerhard Neukum⁵, and The HRSC Co-Investigator Team⁵ — ¹DLR-Institut für Planetenforschung, 12489 Berlin, Germany — ²Pangaea Scientific, Brockville, Ontario, Canada — ³Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada — ⁴ESTEC, ESA, Noordwijk, 2201 AZ Netherlands — ⁵Remote Sensing of the Earth and Planets, Freie Universität, 12249 Berlin, Germany

The Valles Marineris on Mars are the largest system of linear troughs in the Solar System, spanning more than 3.000 km in E-W direction with depths of up to more than 10 km. In several places, interior layered deposits (ILD) fill parts of the troughs. They may be of volcanic or sedimentary origin. Either way, their presence has profound implications for the formation of the Valles Marineris itself. The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the Mars Express mission obtains high-resolution stereo and multispectral images, which are ideal for the geomorphologic analysis of the ILD.