Fluvial geomorphology on Earth-like planetary surfaces: A review

VR Baker, CW Hamilton, DM Burr, VC Gulick… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Morphological evidence for ancient channelized flows (fluvial and fluvial-like landforms)
exists on the surfaces of all of the inner planets and on some of the satellites of the Solar …

Global inventory of fluvial ridges on Earth and lessons applicable to Mars

AS Zaki, CF Pain, KS Edgett, S Castelltort - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Orbiting and landed spacecrafts have provided vast amounts of data on fluvial and fluvial-
related landforms and sediments on Mars. One variant of these landforms consists of ridges …

Geological characteristics and targets of high scientific interest in the Zhurong landing region on Mars

J Zhao, Z Xiao, J Huang, JW Head… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We used imaging, laser altimeter and thermal infrared data to map a 0.5 by 0.5° area
containing the landing site of the Zhurong rover of the Tianwen‐1 mission. We analyzed the …

Sequence of infilling events in Gale Crater, Mars: Results from morphology, stratigraphy, and mineralogy

LL Deit, E Hauber, F Fueten, M Pondrelli… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Gale Crater is filled by sedimentary deposits including a mound of layered deposits, Aeolis
Mons. Using orbital data, we mapped the crater infillings and measured their geometry to …

Stratigraphy and paleohydrology of delta channel deposits, Jezero crater, Mars

TA Goudge, D Mohrig, BT Cardenas, CM Hughes… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
The Jezero crater open-basin lake contains two well-exposed fluvial sedimentary deposits
formed early in martian history. Here, we examine the geometry and architecture of the …

The origin and evolution of the Peace Vallis fan system that drains to the Curiosity landing area, Gale Crater, Mars

MC Palucis, WE Dietrich, AG Hayes… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The landing site for the Curiosity rover is located at the distal end of the Peace Vallis fan in
Gale Crater. Peace Vallis fan covers 80 km2 and is fed by a 730 km2 catchment, which …

Formation of sinuous ridges by inversion of river-channel belts in Utah, USA, with implications for Mars

AT Hayden, MP Lamb, WW Fischer, RC Ewing… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
Sinuous ridges are important landforms on the surface of Mars that show promise for
quantifying ancient martian surface hydrology. Morphological similarity of these ridges to …

The global distribution of depositional rivers on early Mars

JL Dickson, MP Lamb, RME Williams… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Sedimentary basins are the archives of ancient environmental conditions on planetary
surfaces, and on Mars they may contain the best record of surface water and habitable …

River meandering on Earth and Mars: A comparative study of Aeolis Dorsa meanders, Mars and possible terrestrial analogs of the Usuktuk River, AK, and the Quinn …

Y Matsubara, AD Howard, DM Burr, RME Williams… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
The paleo-meanders in the Aeolis Dorsa (AD) region show that meandering channels can
develop in the absence of vegetation. Three possible mechanisms other than vegetation …

The pace of fluvial meanders on Mars and implications for the western delta deposits of Jezero crater

MGA Lapôtre, A Ielpi - AGU Advances, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although there is little doubt that rivers once flowed on Mars' surface, how sustained and
frequent their flows were remains enigmatic. Understanding the hydrology of early Mars …