SCIENCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE TO WORK TOWARD THE FIRST REGIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR EQUATORIAL LAYERED DEPOSITS ON MARS BY IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC STRATIGRAPHIC TIEPOINTS VIA PHYSICAL SPECTROSCOPIC AND THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES. ON THE EARTH THE ADVENT OF BIOSTRATIGRAPHY WAS REVOLUTIONARY IN THE TEMPORAL CORRELATION OF DISPARATE SEDIMENTARY UNITS ACROSS THE GLOBE. ON MARS NO CLEAR STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK CURRENTLY EXISTS TO RELATE WIDESPREAD LAYERED DEPOSITS MANY OF WHICH ARE ISOLATED WITHIN SEPARATE SEDIMENTARY BASINS PROVIDED BY IMPACT CRATERS. LEWIS AND AHARONSON (2014) HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO CORRELATE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS (WITHIN ONE UNIT) BY USING DETAILED LAYER-BY-LAYER BEDDING THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC DATA THAT FORM A UNIQUE FINGERPRINT WITHIN THE STRATIGRAPHY. FURTHERMORE THIS STUDY SHOWED BROAD SIMILARITIES IN BOTH THE STYLE AND SCALE OF LAYERING AMONG SEVERAL DEPOSITS PARTICULARLY IN WESTERN ARABIA TERRA. WE PLAN TO EXPAND UPON THIS WORK BY SEARCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR CONCRETE LINKS BETWEEN WIDELY SEPARATED SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS. THIS WORK HAS TWO GOALS INCLUDING: 1) IDENTIFYING TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MULTIPLE SEDIMENTARY UNITS ON MARS AND 2) CONSTRAINING THE CLIMATIC AND DEPOSITIONAL CONDITIONS DURING THEIR FORMATION. WE WILL COMBINE VISUAL SPECTRAL AND THERMOPHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHIC PROXIES OF THE UNITS TO BE STUDIED ALONGSIDE PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREA WILL BE IN ARABIA TERRA WHERE THE MOST PROMISING CANDIDATES EXIST FOR THIS STUDY. THE SUCCESSFUL CORRELATION OF THESE DEPOSITS WOULD POINT STRONGLY TOWARD A REGIONAL DEPOSITIONAL MECHANISM DICTATED BY LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE CONTROLS RATHER THAN THOSE UNIQUE TO INDIVIDUAL CRATERS OR BASINS.