Candor Chasma
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| Candor Chasma | |
 Tectonic fractures in Candor Chasma as seen by HiRISE |
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| Coordinates | 6.6° S, 70.9°W |
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| Length | 813.0 |
Candor Chasma is one of the largest canyons in the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars. It is unclear how the canyon originally formed; one theory is that it was expanded and deepened by tectonic processes similar to a graben, while another suggests that it was formed by subsurface water erosion similar to a karst.[1]
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