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Clearly Valles Marineris has a tectonics origin. Its formation resembles those of terrestrial rift valleys such as the East African Rift Valley and the Baikal Rift system. Although there are observations indicating involvement of water in the evolution of ... Figure 1. The 2500 mile-long Valles Marineris system on Mars.
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5. Valles Marineris is a long valley on Mars believed to resemble the rift valleys of eastern Africa. (T) F; 6. NASA has committed itself to placing humans on the Moon again before the turn of the century. T (F); 7. Lava from volcanic eruptions originates in the core of the Earth.
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That idea has been abandoned because the evidence for water erosion and ponding in Valles Marineris is missing. The favored explanation now is that the surface of Mars has opened up with a giant tectonic rift, rather like the East African rift valley. ... Several types of valleys resemble those seen on Mars.
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www.holoscience.com/views/view_mars.htm
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error, then the comparatively long wavelengths of interest average out these variations. ..... phenomenon is the east African rift valley, which has a comparable topographic profile, though ... together with broad measures of the valleys' morphology ... Valles Marineris resemble terrestrial wide rifts, yet erosion ...
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The Engadin or Engadine is a long Swiss Alps valley located in the canton of Graub?nden in southeast Switzerland. It follows the route of the Inn River from its headwaters at Maloja Pass running northeast until the Inn River flows into Austria one hundred ... Danube Valley (Eastern Europe, Wachau ... Great Rift Valley...
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Valley
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In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. ... presented evidence of an enormous impact crater in Mars's northern hemisphere, 10,600 km long by 8,500 km wide, ... The Tharsis region on Mars is an enormous volcanic plateau located on Mars' equator, at the western end of Valles Marineris.
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Mars
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A ragged geological scar crosses the belly of Mars. Long enough to reach from New York City to Los Angeles, this great rift in the martian crust is named Valles Marineris, or Mariner Valley. It was discovered in 1972 by the Mariner 9 spacecraft. ... At the valley's eastern end, scientists see unmistakable evidence for...
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The latest images show the Echus Chasma, a vast valley just north of Mars equator around 62 miles long and six miles wide. ... Both valleys are impressive - but are dwarfed by an even larger canyon which lies to the south. The Valles Marineris is four miles deep in places, around 120 miles wide and 2,500 miles long. Enlarge...
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When the outline of the 48 contiguous United States is overlain on mosaic, the eastern edge of Valles Marineris touches the Outer Banks of North Carolina and its western edge reaches to Central California. ... Along some edges of Valles Marineris are what appear at first to be tributary valleys. ... Domes are also found on Mars.
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