Layering and degradation of the Rupes Tenuis unit, Mars – a structural analysis south of Chasma Boreale

@inproceedings{Kneissl2011LayeringAD, title={Layering and degradation of the Rupes Tenuis unit, Mars – a structural analysis south of Chasma Boreale}, author={Thomas Kneissl and Stefan van Gasselt and Lorenz Wendt and Christoph Gross and Gerhard Neukum}, year={2011}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:128496186} }
Abstract The circum north-polar Rupes Tenuis unit forms the polar-proximal basal stratigraphical and morphological units that delineate the north polar cap between 180° and 300°E. In the region of the mouth of the Chasma Boreale re-entrant, the Rupes Tenuis unit is likely to extend further southwards into the northern plains. This is suggested by the occurrence of isolated remnants that have been interpreted as basaltic shield volcanoes, maar craters or mud volcanoes in the past. As key… 
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