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Martian Meanders and Scroll-Bars
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This is a portion of an inverted fluvial channel in the region of Aeolis/Zephyria Plana, at the Martian equator. Channels become inverted when the sediments filling them become more resistant to erosion than the surrounding material. Here, the most likely process leading to hardening of the channel material is chemical cementation by precipitation of minerals. Once the surrounding material erodes, the channel is left standing as a ridge.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMartian Meanders and Scroll-Bars. NASA/JPL, 2017-03-01. Public domain. ID: PIA21551.
