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In [[planetary geology]] the word '''mensa''' (pl. ''mensae'') is used to refer to a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite web|title=Descriptor Terms (Feature Types)|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms|website=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|publisher=USGS|accessdate=11 February 2017}}</ref> It is derived from the [[Latin]] word for table, and has the same root as the [[Spanish]] word for table, mesa. it is used in the same manner as [[mesa]] is used in the Southwest [[United States]].<ref name="Kieffer">{{cite book|last1=Kieffer|first1=H H (Editor)|title=Mars|date=1992|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|isbn=0-8165-1257-4|page=1311|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ze27j5sSJVEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Kieffer+1992+mars&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-w_bG8IbSAhUBWrwKHXX0DK4Q6AEIGTAA#v=snippet&q=mesa&f=false|accessdate=11 February 2017}}</ref> |
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In [[planetary geology]], the word '''mensa''' (pl. ''mensae'') is used to refer to a large [[mesa]]-like area of raised land.<ref name="APOD">{{cite web | url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140812.html | title=Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars | publisher=[[NASA]] | work=Astronomy Picture of the Day | date=12 August 2014 | accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:40, 11 February 2017
In planetary geology the word mensa (pl. mensae) is used to refer to a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.[1] It is derived from the Latin word for table, and has the same root as the Spanish word for table, mesa. it is used in the same manner as mesa is used in the Southwest United States.[2]
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Capri Mensa, as seen by HIRISE. Click on image to see buttes and layers. Capri Mensa is found in the Coprates quadrangle of Mars. -
Mesa in Ismenius Lacus quadrangle, as seen by CTX. Mesa has several glaciers eroding it.
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- ^ "Descriptor Terms (Feature Types)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ Kieffer, H H (Editor) (1992). Mars. The University of Arizona Press. p. 1311. ISBN 0-8165-1257-4. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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