Tectonic Graben

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This image of the Ulysses Fossae shows intersecting graben. Graben are formed when a block of material moves downward between two faults. Graben represent areas of extension in the crust, so the direction and relative age of the graben can provide information on the stresses the region has undergone.

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Context

Image ID: 
V40351003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
15.7237
237.843
40351
2011-01-18 20:23
Thu, 2011-03-17
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (65 km)
0.018073 km/pixel
0.018205 km/pixel

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