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Published in final edited form as: Space Sci Rev. 2020 Nov 3;216(8):127. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-00739-x

Table 2. Summary of mapped surficial and bedrock units.

Group Unit name (this study) Unit abbreviation Unit name (Goudge et al. 2015) Unit description Interpretation Type location(s) (lat/lon)
Surficial units Aeolian bedforms, large Ab-l Surficial debris cover Light-toned, parallel, and straight-crested bedforms ~ 10s to 100s of meters in length and ~ 1–10s of meters in wavelength Transverse aeolian ridges 77.379, 18.483 and 77.337, 18.433
Aeolian bedforms, small Ab-s Surficial debris cover Dark-toned, sub-parallel, straight-crested bedforms ~ 1–10s of meters in length and 1 to several meters in wavelength. Reticulate patterns are common Aeolian wind ripples 77.421, 18.427
Undifferentiated smooth Us Widespread smooth, dark-toned deposits that drape topography Unconsolidated mantling deposits variably composed of dust, sand, pebbles, cobbles 77.431, 18.402
Talus T Surficial debris cover Boulder accumulations on slopes and below eroded outcrops Blocks eroded from the bedrock via physical weathering 77.429, 18.497
Jezero crater floor Crater floor fractured 1 Cf-f-1 Light-toned floor unit Massive, light-toned fractured and blocky bedrock exposed on the crater floor below −2530 m elevation Unspecific tephra, airfall, aeolian, or lacustrine deposit 77.413, 18.410
Crater floor fractured 2 Cf-f-2 Light-toned floor unit Light-toned, rough, and fractured bedrock that crops out between −2530 and −2440 m elevation Unspecified tephra, airfall, aeolian, or lacustrine deposit 77.447, 18.560
Crater floor fractured rough Cf-fr Volcanic floor unit Light- to medium-toned, rough, boulder-producing unit that is highly crater-retaining. Polygonal fracture networks are common Unspecified tephra, airfall, aeolian, or lacustrine deposit 77.467, 18.340
Jezero crater margin Margin fractured M-f Mottled terrain Light-toned fractured bedrock inside Jezero crater between the elevation ranges of −2440 m and −2190 m south of the Neretva Vallis and −2440 m and −2240 m north of Neretva Vallis. Forms a low relief, less blocky expression, and blocky, ridge-forming outcrops Unspecified tephra or marginal lacustrine deposit 77.335, 18.476
Jezero crater delta Delta blocky D-bl Western fan deposit Intermediate-toned blocky deposit that forms steep-sided, boulder-shedding elongate ridges on the delta’s upper surface Coarse-grained fluvial channel deposits 77.385, 18.501
Delta thinly layered D-tnl Western fan deposit Stratified sequence of < 1 m thick alternating light and dark planar bands. Locally deformed Fine-grained prodelta or distal lacustrine deposits 77.350, 18.451
Delta thickly layered D-tkl Western fan deposit Light-toned, resistant strata up to several meters thick Channel lobes at the toe of the delta slope or delta plain alluvial or floodplain deposits 77.417, 18.524
Delta truncated curvilinear layered D-tcl Western fan deposit Curvilinear, decimeter-scale sets of alternating light- and dark-toned layers that truncate against one another over length-scales of tens of meters Laterally accreting point bars, or subaqueous channel-levee complexes 77.387, 18.472
Delta layered rough D-lr Northern fan deposit Light-toned, parallel m-thick stratified deposit northeast of the western delta Distal deltaic deposits 77.481, 18.583
Jezero crater rim and beyond Crater rim blocky Cr-bl Crater rim and wall material Intermediate-toned unit that forms resistant high-standing ridges that erode into boulders Pre-Jezero/impact basement bedrock of unspecified sedimentary or volcanic origin 77.292, 18.467
Crater rim breccia Cr-br Crater rim and wall material Brecciated and disrupted light- and intermediate-toned bedrock exposed on the Nili Planum-facing slope of the Jezero crater rim Syn-Isidis or syn-Jezero impact breccia 77.269, 18.445
Crater rim layered Cr-l Crater rim and wall material Light-toned stratified and polygonally fractured unit that is occasionally faulted and disrupted Pre-Jezero/impact basement bedrock of unspecified sedimentary or volcanic origin 77.260, 18.459
Crater rim rough Cr-r Pitted capping unit Light-toned unit characterized by high crater retention, a rough texture, and polygonal fractures Unspecified clastic sedimentary or explosive volcanic deposit 77.275, 18.386
Neretva Vallis layered NV-l Light- to intermediate-toned layered outcrops exhibiting m-scale polygonal fractures Fluvial deposits 77.256, 18.509
Nili Planum fractured NP-f Mottled terrain; Eroded mottled terrain Light-toned fractured outcrop occurring above –2240 m elevation north of Neretva Vallis and above –2190 m elevation south of Neretva Vallis Unspecified tephra, airfall, or aeolian deposit 77.274, 18.537