Sedimentology and climatic environment of alluvial fans in the martian Saheki crater and a comparison with terrestrial fans in the Atacama Desert

•Wind erosion reveals Saheki crater fan stratigraphy.•A distributary network of fluvial channels fed extensive mudflow overbank deposits.•The fans are up to 850m thick and contain 550km3 of sediment.•Fan-forming discharges derived from annual or episodic melting of crater rim snow.•Thousands of year...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) N.Y. 1962), 2014-02, Vol.229, p.131-156
Hauptverfasser:	Morgan, A.M., Howard, A.D., Hobley, D.E.J., Moore, J.M., Dietrich, W.E., Williams, R.M.E., Burr, D.M., Grant, J.A., Wilson, S.A., Matsubara, Y.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alluvial fans Basins Channels Craters Deposition Geological processes Mars Mars, surface Sand Sediments Snow
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