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Deltaic deposits in MagongCrater, Xanthe Terra
Ernst HauberThomas PlatzLaetitia Le DeitStephan van GasseltKjartan Kinch*Morten Bo MadsenHeike Rosenberg
HiRISE DEMs in this presentation: courtesy of Joel Davis (UCL)
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4980 m -5490
MOLA DTM/hillshade
ChrysePlanitia
Xanthe
Terra
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-640 m -3720MOLA DTM over THEMIS IRday
Sabrina Vallis
Magong
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Late Noachian Epoch3.71-3.83 Ga
Middle Noachian Epoch3.83-3.94 Ga
Age of Sabrina Vallis
Buffered crater counting (Kneissl et al., 2015)
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
20 km × 25 km landing ellipse
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
Regions of Interest
(1) Ridge/floor material
(2) Dark deposit
(3) Delta1
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3
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Ridge
Dark deposit
Delta
Highland material
Crater floor material
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HRSC orbith0894_0000 Hauber et al. (2013)
Age of Delta
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THEMIS IRnight
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R
D
P
DP
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NW SE
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Rat
ioed
refl
ecta
nce
Weak signature of Fe/Mg-phyllosilicates
CRISM FRT 24155
Wavelength (µm)
CRISM average spectrum
Possible Fe/Mg-phyllosilicates includenontronite, vermiculite, and saponite
2.5 kmN
Data provided by John Carter
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
Age of Crater floor
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
Age of Dark deposit-young
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ESP_029990_1920ESP_027656_1920
Dark deposit
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THEMIS IRday Brož and Hauber (2013)
CTX P05_003130_1937, P17_007534_1916
Lederberg
Magong
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SW NE
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ESP_027656_1920ESP_027168_1920
Ridge
25 25
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Crater floor material
ESP_029990_1920 ESP_027656_1920
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Possible Traverse
CTX
From landing position
Dark deposit
Ridge
Delta
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Possible Traverse
CTX
Possible Traverse(contd.)
CTX
Dark deposit
Delta
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Delta deposits immediately outside ellipse
Clay detection substantially further away
Up to 3 separate igneous units.
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Summary : Magong Crater (Sabrina Vallis delta)
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LN / EH Delta formation from ~200 km fluvial valley. Active erosion.
Old, heavily eroded and infilled Noachian crater
3 separate deposits of potentially igneous origin (Floor, Ridge, Dark deposit)
Good landing safety an traversibility
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Supplementary slides
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
Coordinates oflanding ellipse
11.990°N, 313.425°E20 km × 25 km
Full HRSC and CTX coverage
CRISM
HiRISE
MOC-NA
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
-1951 m -2808
-2536 m
-2681 m± 48 m
-2797 m
ElevationHRSC DTM 75 m/px
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HRSC orbith0894_0000
<1°
1-2°
2-4°
4-8°
8-16°
>16°
18.1°
2.4°± 1.8°
0°
SlopeHRSC DTM 75 m/px
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CTX DTMD01_027656_1920D07_029845_1921D07_029990_1921G23_027168_1920
<1°
1-2°
2-4°
4-8°
8-16°
>16°
74.8°
2.0°± 2.2°
0°
SlopeCTX DTM 15 m/px
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0.490.510.600.92
1.15
1.61
1.90
y = 4.486x-0.319
R² = 0.8195
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000Baseline length
MO
LA
10
00
m
MO
LA
75
0 m
MO
LA
46
3 m
CTX
15
0 m
HR
SC 7
5 m
CTX
50
mC
TX 1
5 m
Slo
pe °
(med
ian
)
7.54° 2 m
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0.490.510.600.92
1.15
1.61
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000Baseline length
MO
LA
10
00
m
MO
LA
75
0 m
MO
LA
46
3 m
CTX
15
0 m
CTX
50
mC
TX 1
5 m
Slo
pe °
(med
ian
)
y = 3.5133x-0.288
R² = 0.9992.88° 2 m
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0.01 0.10 1.00 10.00
MOLA 463 m
MOLA 750 m
MOLA 1000 m
CTX 15 m
CTX 100 m
CTX 50 m
HRSC 75 m
Fre
qu
en
cy %
1 100.1Slope °
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<25 m
25-50 m
50-75 m
75-100 m
>100 m
208 m
39.3 m± 22.8 m
3 m
Relief (500 m radius)
HRSC DTM 75 m/px
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<25 m
25-50 m
50-75 m
75-100 m
>100 m
319 m
22.8 m± 22.9 m
4.8 m
Relief (500 m radius)
CTX DTM 15 m/px
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Putzig et al. (2007)
159 J m-2 K-1 s-0.5 347
Thermal inertiaTES nighttime 2.96 km/px
J m-2 K-1 s-0.5
338
294± 19
259
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Ruff and Christensen (2002)
0.85-0.90
0.90-0.92
0.92-0.94
0.94-0.96
0.96-0.98
0.98 - 1
0.9646
0.9511± 0.0066
0.9272
Dust Cover IndexTES 2.96 km/px
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0.067 0.156
HRSC orbith0894_0000
0.1377
0.1035± 0.0033
0.0646
TOA albedoHRSC h0894_0000
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Putzig et al. (2007)
J m-2 K-1 s-0.5
197 J m-2 K-1 s-0.5 605
436
349± 43
259
Thermal inertiaTES daytime 2.96 km/px