Origin of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars: Insights from a synoptic approach

The geologic origin of the Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) has remained a mystery despite three decades of research. To better constrain its formation, an in‐depth analysis of observations made in the literature was combined with a new survey of over 700 Mars Orbiter Camera narrow‐angle images of the MFF to identify morphologic characteristics and material properties that define this formation as a whole. While previous work has identified clear...