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Margaritifer Terra is an ancient, heavily cratered region of Mars. It is centered just south of the Martian equator at and covers 2600 km at its widest extent. The area reveals "chaos terrain", outflow channels, and alluvial plains that are indicative of massive flooding. Wind erosion patterns are also in evidence. A region within the terra shows some of the highest valley network densities on the planet. Ares Vallis is another notable feature, where the flood and flow patterns are in evidence; it was the landing site of ''Mars 6'' and NASA's ''Mars Pathfinder''. It is also one of several proposed landing sites for the Mars 2020 Rover. Holden and Eberswalde, craters in Margaritifer Terra are thought to have formerly held lakes because they contain deltas and iron/magnesium smectite minerals which need water to form.〔Murchie, S. et al. 2009. A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Journal of Geophysical Research: 114.〕 The * Uzboi-Landon-Morava (ULM) system of paths for water flow is found in Margaritifer Terra. Margaritifer Terra was named in 1979, after the Pearl Coast, south India. Part of it is found in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle and part in the Oxia Palus quadrangle. Wikimolaargyre.jpg|MOLA map showing boundaries for Margaritifer Terra and other regions. Color indicates elevation. ==Layers== Some of the images from this quadrangle display layers. Many places on Mars show rocks arranged in layers. Rock can form layers in a variety of ways. Volcanoes, wind, or water can produce layers. A detailed discussion of layering with many Martian examples can be found in Sedimentary Geology of Mars.〔Grotzinger, J. and R. Milliken (eds.). 2012. Sedimentary Geology of Mars. SEPM.〕 Layers can be hardened by the action of groundwater. Martian ground water probably moved hundreds of kilometers, and in the process it dissolved many minerals from the rock it passed through. When ground water surfaces in low areas containing sediments, water evaporates in the thin atmosphere and leaves behind minerals as deposits and/or cementing agents. Consequently, layers of dust could not later easily erode away since they were cemented together. (詳細は Image:26996layeredwhitebuttes.jpg|Butte in Arsinoes Chaos with some light-toned layers, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Wikiarsinoesfanswide.jpg|Light-toned deposit in Arsinoes Chaos, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). WikiESP 039352 1730lighttoneddeposit.jpg|Light-toned deposit in Arsinoes Chaos, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Note: this field can be found in the previous wide image of Arsinoes Chaos, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). File:ESP 028618 1760layers.jpg|Layered butte, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Image:ESP_024807whitebutte.jpg|Light toned butte on floor of crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Arrows show outcrops of light toned material. Light toned material is probably sulfate-rich and similar to material examined by Spirit Rover, and it once probably covered the whole floor. Other images below show enlargements of the butte. Image:24807whitebutte.jpg|Light toned butte, as seen by HiRISE, under HiWish program. Image:24807buttetop.jpg|Close up of top of light toned butte, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Image:Aureum Chaos wide context.JPG|THEMIS image of wide view of following HiRISE images. Black box shows approximate location of HiRISE images. This image is just a part of the vast area known as Aureum Chaos. Click on image to see more details. Image:Aureum Chaos wide view.JPG|Aureum Chaos, as seen by HiRISE, under the HiWish program. Image:Aureum Chaos HiWish.JPG|Close up view of previous image, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Small round dots are boulders. Image:Canyons and Mesas of Aureum Chaos in Oxia Palus.JPG|Huge canyons in Aureum Chaos. Gullies are rare at this latitude. Picture taken by THEMIS. Image:Aureum Chaos from Themis.JPG|Aureum Chaos, as seen from THEMIS. On April 1, 2010, NASA released the first images under the HiWish program, with the public suggesting places for HiRISE to photograph. One of the eight locations was Aureum Chaos.〔(Captioned Images Inspired by HiWish Suggestions (HiRISE) )〕 The first image below gives a wide view of the area. The next two images are from the HiRISE image.〔(Mesas in Aureum Chaos (HiRISE image; Observation ID: ESP_016869_1775) )〕 Image:Aureum Chaos wide context.JPG|THEMIS image of wide view of following HiRISE images. Black box shows approximate location of HiRISE images. This image is just a part of the vast area known as Aureum Chaos. Click on image to see more details. Image:Aureum Chaos wide view.JPG|Aureum Chaos, as seen by HiRISE, under the HiWish program. Image:Aureum Chaos HiWish.JPG|Close up view of previous image, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Small round dots are boulders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaritifer Terra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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