Alluvial Fans
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
Triangular shaped deposits at cliff edges are termed alluvial fans. Alluvial fans typically form in arid regions were water flow is limited, so deposits of material are not washed away. Formation of these alluvial fans in the channel of Kasei Valles likely happened after any flow of fluid in the Valles system.
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Context
Image ID:
V54132020 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
23.0851
291.525
54132
2014-02-26 02:28
Wed, 2014-04-30
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (66 km)
0.018351 km/pixel
0.018485 km/pixel
