Comment on "Athabasca Valles, Mars: a lava-draped channel system"

Science. 2008 Jun 20;320(5883):1588; author reply 1588. doi: 10.1126/science.1154849.

Abstract

Jaeger et al. (Reports, 21 September 2007, p. 1709) presented images of the Athabasca Valles channel system on Mars and asserted that the observed deposits are composed of thin, fluid lavas. However, all the features they described are secondary and postdate the surface by many millions of years, as documented by structural relationships with small, young impact craters.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Extraterrestrial Environment
  • Geological Phenomena
  • Geology
  • Ice
  • Mars*

Substances

  • Ice