Context Camera images suggest that sedimentary layers here are organized into bundles of quasi-periodic beds. This is important if true because it is diagnostic of what is called “orbital forcing.” It’s worth testing to see if orbital forcing of sedimentation also occurred in Valles Marineris.

ID: ESP_070344_1720
date: 29 July 2021
altitude: 260 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_070344_1720
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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