Candor Chasma - Wikipedia
WEBCandor Chasma is one of the largest canyons in the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars. The feature is geographically divided into two halves: East and West Candor Chasmas, respectively.
Investigating Mars: Candor Chasma - NASA Jet Propulsion …
WEBJan 9, 2018 · Candor Chasma is one of the largest canyons that make up Valles Marineris. It is approximately 810 km long (503 miles) and has is divided into two regions - eastern and western Candor. Candor is located south of Ophir Chasma and north of Melas Chasma.
West Candor Chasma - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBJun 8, 1998 · During its examination of Mars, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft returned images of Valles Marineris, a huge canyon system 5,000 km long, up to 240 km wide, and 6.5 km deep. This view shows west Candor Chasm.
Evidence for the origin of layered deposits in Candor Chasma, …
WEBSep 16, 2009 · In the distal regions of the ILDs in western Candor Chasma, this setting resulted in bedding that dips inward toward the center of the chasma, driving gravity-driven deformation including folding and faulting that is largely lacking in …
Stratigraphy and mineralogy of Candor Mensa, West Candor …
WEBJan 9, 2014 · Candor Mensa (Figure 1) is one of the largest free-standing ILDs within the Valles Marineris trough system. It measures approximately 70 km east to west along its northern limit and extends approximately 115 km from north to south.
WEBGEOLOGIC MAP OF WEST CANDOR CHASMA, MARS: A PROGRESS REPORT. B. K. Lucchitta, U. S. Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff AZ 86001, [email protected]. Introduction: West Candor Chasma contains a shallow, asymmetrical dome called Ceti Mensa, which stands 2 to 5 km above the surrounding lowlands.
Basin in the West Candor Chasma Layered Deposits - NASA Jet …
WEBAug 21, 2013 · This basin in Ceti Mensa, as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, exposes concentric rings in the sedimentary layers. Dark sand ripples and textures in the bedrock suggesting wind scouring are also apparent.
Structural geology of Amazonian-aged layered ... - ScienceDirect
WEBMay 1, 2010 · During or after the Early Hesperian, irregularly-shaped ancestral basins (such as the Candor ancestral basin) formed through subsidence that was superimposed on the earlier Syria-radial dikes, graben and pit craters.
PIA17643: Basin in the West Candor Chasma Layered Deposits
WEBPIA17643: Basin in the West Candor Chasma Layered Deposits. Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original) Original Caption Released with Image: This basin in Ceti Mensa exposes concentric rings in the sedimentary layers.
WEBstratified deposits on the floor of the chasma are basin-filling sediments that were deposited in a wet playa-like setting. These sediments were sculpted by occa-sional periods of regional erosion, landsliding, and soft-sediment deformation. This research is now being extended into east Candor Chasma, with the goal of
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