Navua Valles
Navua Valles is a region on the planet Mars, northeast of Hellas Basin, containing several valleys and channels. Navua Valles plains and channels formed in the Hesperian and Amazonian epochs by episodic volcanic and fluvial activity.[1] Navua Valles is named by IAU[2] after Navua River in Fiji, Earth.[3] Some drainage networks in Navua Valles are discontinuous, and laid down deposits at the termini of each segment. The main discontinuous drainage probably originated from localized precipitation at its source region, near a large crater, and transported water into Hellas Basin.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hargitai, H. I.; Gulick, V. C.; Glines, N. H. (2018-08-19). "The geology of the Navua Valles region of Mars". Journal of Maps. 14 (2): 504–508. doi:10.1080/17445647.2018.1496858. ISSN 1744-5647.
- ^ "Names Approved for Two Features on Mars: Talas and Navua Valles | USGS Astrogeology Science Center". astrogeology.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Vallis, valles: Navua Valles on Mars". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ Hargitai, H.I.; Gulick, V.C.; Glines, N.H. (September 2017). "Discontinuous drainage systems formed by highland precipitation and ground-water outflow in the Navua Valles and southwest Hadriacus Mons regions, Mars". Icarus. 294: 172–200. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.03.005. ISSN 0019-1035.