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Fig. 7

From: Water on Mars: Do submarine cyclic steps exist on the red planet?

Fig. 7

Aeolian cyclic steps on the North Pole of Mars (modified from Smith et al. 2013). Shaded relief surface from MOLA elevation data demonstrates that a spiral troughs cover majority of the polar cap (left) and display a recognizable spiraling pattern due to the direction of katabatic winds working together with the Coriolis force (right). SHARAD profile a-a’ shows b stratigraphy associated with spiral trough migration

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