Studying site and its comparison with Mars layered deposits.

<p>(a) Map of Dalangtan Playa, red arrows indicate sampling locations for profiles, recently excavated by brine mining activities, P1 and P2, red points indicate the sites for surface sampling, i.e. sample S-1 to S-7 from north-east to south-west. Details of S-3 and P2 are shown. Sample of S-3 was collected under salt crust, pointed by red arrow. (b) Xiaoliangshan anticline, its layered structure (zoomed in white box) and its comparison to Mars interior layered structure in Juventae Chasma (b’). Images of a and b were acquired from the U.S. Geological Survey archive (<a href="https://www.usgs.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.usgs.gov/</a>). The b’ includes one Context Camera image B10_013600_1756_XI_04S062W, and one High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment image ESP_020470_1755 (top right in b’). These data were obtained from the NASA Planetary Data System (<a href="https://pds.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">https://pds.nasa.gov/</a>). S-3 and P2 in (a) were acquired by field trips.