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SCIENCE
卷 322, 期 5907, 页码 1532-1535出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1161870
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- NASA's Mars Data Analysis Program
- NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
Widespread sedimentary rocks on Mars preserve evidence of surface conditions different from the modern cold and dry environment, although it is unknown how long conditions favorable to deposition persisted. We used 1- meter stereo topographic maps to demonstrate the presence of rhythmic bedding at several outcrops in the Arabia Terra region. Repeating beds are similar to 10 meters thick, and one site contains hundreds of meters of strata bundled into larger units at a similar to 10: 1 thickness ratio. This repetition likely points to cyclicity in environmental conditions, possibly as a result of astronomical forcing. If deposition were forced by orbital variation, the rocks may have been deposited over tens of millions of years.
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