Definition
Meter-scale, polygonally textured bedforms on Mars mantling underlying topography.
Category
A proposed type of aeolian dust deposit; a type of bedform on Mars, a type of ripple texture.
Synonyms
Reticulate bedform; Reticulate texture
Description/Subtypes
End-member textures formed by reticulate ridges are honeycomb, linear, and accordion textures.
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Honeycomb texture: fine polygonal texture, composed of interlocking, azimuthally symmetric sets of ridges (Fig. 1). Honeycomb texture is common within depressions (calderas, craters) and in valleys. They resemble intra-crater network dunes analogous to the terrestrial pattern of coalesced star dunes, which is formed from multiple wind regimes.
Their wavelength is <few meters but may produce second-order sets of 15–20 m spacing and third-order sets of 50–200 m spacing. Fine-scale honeycomb texture may overlie network dunes, forming similar but smaller-scale patterns.
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Linear reticulate ridges: dominant curvilinear ridge sets...
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Hargitai, H. (2015). Reticulate Ridges. In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_314
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