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SUBMITTER: Rogers AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310033 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rogers A Deanne AD Warner Nicholas H NH Golombek Matthew P MP Head James W JW Cowart Justin C JC
Geophysical research letters 20180220 4
Areally extensive exposures of intact olivine/pyroxene-enriched rock, as well as feldspar-enriched rock, are found in isolated locations throughout the Martian highlands. The petrogenetic origin(s) of these rock units are not well understood, but some previous studies favored an effusive volcanic origin partly on the basis of distinctive composition and relatively high thermal inertia. Here we show that the regolith development, crater retention, and morphological characteristics for many of the ...[more]