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Korolev Crater, one of the valleys on Planet Mars
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Nationalgeographic.co.id—Research reports published in prestigious journals Nature on September 29, 2021 revealed that massive flooding from overflowing crater lakes had a major role in shaping the surface Mars. The flood formed deep ravines and displaced large amounts of sediment.
In the research report, the researchers found that flooding, which may last only a few weeks, erodes more than enough sediment to fill large lakes such as Lake Superior and Lake Ontario in the United States.
Main author Tim Goudge, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences told UT News the findings were a bit surprising. “If we think about how sediment is moved across the landscape in Mars ancient, flooding through lakes is a very important process globally,” said Goudge.
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