This image shows an interesting stratigraphic relation where a “fluvial ridge” emerged from within or beneath yardang-forming material and crater ejecta. Regarding the ridge, our interest here is to examine details of sedimentary structure and to seek better understanding of the percentage of fluvial sediment vs. substrate vs. overburden.

ID: ESP_072393_1825
date: 5 January 2022
altitude: 275 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_072393_1825
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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