Craters and Grabens: Circles and Lines

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Large grooves indicating tectonic faulting cross this image from the upper right to the lower left. This image is located not too far south of the Tharsis Montes, which probably produced the faulting seen here as they erupted and uplifted the terrain. Many craters are apparent on the surface here, some of which have impacted on the grabens (grooves), indicating that they are younger than the faults. The crater in the center of the image appears to have been breached, allowing material (perhaps a mudslide) to spill to the west. Could this flow be caused by an earthquake that occurred when the faults moved, or did it happen much later?

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Context

Image ID: 
V06396005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-40.5419
244.546
6396
2003-05-24 18:19
Thu, 2003-08-07
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017103 km/pixel
0.017227 km/pixel

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