We document a set of channels in a section of the Martian cratered highlands located between crustal massifs northeast of Hellas Planitia that are visible in cross section and planview >200 m below the surface. The morphometry and spatial distribution of the outcrops provide concrete geological evidence of a dynamic aqueous system in a structural sub-basin during the Early to Middle Noachian, bolstering evidence of conditions compatible with sustained liquid water on the surface very early in Mars' history.
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Skinner, J. A., Fortezzo, C. M., & Mouginis-Mark, P. J. (2021). Exposure of an Early to Middle Noachian valley network in three dimensions on Mars. Icarus, 354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114071
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