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Valles Marineris flood may have raised ancient Martian sea level by 34 metres: study
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A recent study published in the journal Icarus estimates that a massive ancient flood originating from the Valles Marineris canyon system released 1,245 trillion cubic metres of water. Researchers calculate this volume of water was sufficient to raise the global mean level of a hypothetical ancient Martian ocean by approximately 34 metres.
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This finding provides new quantitative data regarding the scale of ancient Martian hydrology and how massive localized flooding could have significantly impacted planetary-scale water levels.
The flood, from the ancient canyon system, the largest in the Solar System, is estimated to have released 1,245 trillion cubic metres of water and may have raised the global mean level of the hypothesised ancient Martian ocean by about 34 metres, according to a new study published online in the peer-reviewed journal Icarus.
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