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, Shaded areas represent areas where 1239 layers were observed to be cropping out, dotted lines are selected layers to illustrate the 1240 nature of the layering and the dip and strike labels are in units of degrees. Dotted box in 1241 panel 579 indicates the approximate location of Fig, Maps of layer exposures and measured layer dips in Korolev (206), vol.7, p.1243

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, The vertical 1250 bars are the median values, the boxes delimit the interquartile range, the whiskers the range 1251 and the dots are the outliers (data points outside 1.5 interquartile ranges from the box). In 1252 grey are measurements made outside craters. Shorthand labels are as follows: 206 Korolev 1253 -layers measured in Korolev crater in CTX images P20_008831_2529_XN_72N195W and 1254 P21_009042_2528_XI_72N197W, 388 Dokka -layers measured in Dokka, CTX 1255 images B01_010108_2573_XN_77N144W and B02_010385_2572_XN_77N146W, vol.8, p.503

, Louth HR -layers proximal to dunes in Louth crater measured in HiRISE 1257 PSP_001700_2505, 503 Louth CTX -layers measured in CTX image Supp. Mat. Figure Captions

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