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Central Mound Crater (Ice Associated)

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A domed central or offset flat-topped mound located inside a crater taking up a large portion of the crater floor (>10 %) with greater than 150 m relief (Conway et al. 2012), a partial or complete moat, often associated with perennial high albedo (e.g., Fig. 1) on Mars.

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80 km diameter Korolev crater at 73°N, 163°E. (a) MOC wide angle image showing the bright frost deposit, and the locations of images (c–e) and cross-sectional line (NASA/JPL/MSSS). (b) The THEMIS daytime IR mosaic shows high thermal inertia compared to the surrounding terrain. Scale bar is 50 km (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University). (c) The eastern edge of the deposit. Scale bar 1 km. HiRISE ESP_019248_2530 (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona). (d) Different surface textures on the central part of the mound. Scale bar 1 km. HiRISE PSP_010387_2530 (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona). (e) Layers parallel to the edge of the ice mound. Scale bar 100 m. HiRISE ESP_026936_2530 (NASA/JPL/University of...

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Conway, S.J. (2014). Central Mound Crater (Ice Associated). In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_41-1

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