Amazonian epoch


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Amazonian epoch

- The Amazonian epoch is the most recent of the Martian geologic epochs, from 1,800 years ago to the present.
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At 2.1 billion years old, it hails from the beginning of the Amazonian epoch, which is thought to be a dry chapter in Martian history.
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At 2.1bn years old, it hails from the beginning of the Amazonian epoch, which is thought to be a dry chapter in Martian history.
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The Red Planet's hills may have formed through Earthlike processes of freezing and thawing late in Mars' Amazonian epoch, the team concludes online September 19 in Icarus.
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