Contact between Two Distinct Types of Bedrock Northwest of Hellas Planitia

In this image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an old degraded crater that has undergone a complex history of burial and erosion. At least two types of exposed bedroc are shown here.

In this image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an old degraded crater that has undergone a complex history of burial and erosion. The image shows a surface with at least two types of exposed bedrock, one that is light-toned and one that is dark. The overlying, rougher blueish-toned bedrock appears to have undergone the most extensive erosion, revealing the smoother, fractured yellowish-toned bedrock below. We see windblown (aeolian) bedforms across the image, possibly the culprit behind the erosive forces that have removed and uncovered the underlying yellowish-toned bedrock visible today. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11705