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Sulcus (geology)

Subparallel furrows and ridges on the surface of a planet or moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sulcus (geology)
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Sulcus /ˈsʌlkəs/[1] (pl.: sulci /ˈsʌlsaɪ/)[1] is, in astrogeology, an area of complex parallel or subparallel ridges and furrows on a planet or moon.[2]

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Medusae Sulci based on day THEMIS day-time image on Mars

For example, Uruk Sulcus is a bright region of grooved terrain adjacent to Galileo Regio on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

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