A conceptual model for the Hesperian Deuteronilus ocean, its regression and formation of the oceanic deposits of the Zhurong Member of VBF at the Zhurong landing site. (IMAGE)

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A conceptual model for the Hesperian Deuteronilus ocean, its regression and formation of the oceanic deposits of the Zhurong Member of VBF at the Zhurong landing site.

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(a) Schematic stratigraphic column of the Zhurong landing site in Utopia Planitia and proximity to interpreted shoreline. The -3600 m contour in (b & c) represents the boundary of the Vastitas Borealis Formation (VBF), a smooth lowland unit consisting of sedimentary deposits of a possible ancient oceanic water body before 3.6 Ga . After that, ocean regression may have resulted in a shallow marine environment near the current position of the Zhurong rover (c, red arrow).

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