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Mariner 10 data include complete photographic coverage of the quadrangle at a resolution of about 2 km. In addition, twelve stereopairs cover scattered areas in the quadrangle (Davies and others, 1978, p. 114-115); these photographs were used to supplement the geologic interpretation. About 10 degrees of longitude of the H-13 quadrangle (Solitudo Persephones Province) adjacent to the...

Mars presents two different terrains, a highly cratered surface that lies mostly in the southern hemisphere and sparsely cratered plains that lie mostly in the northern hemisphere. The cause of the dichotomy is a still unsolved fundamental problem of Martian geology, analogous to the problem of continents and ocean basins in terrestrial geology. The present features of the plains in...

The Arabia quadrangle is located in the northern hemisphere of Mars; it extends 30 degrees N. from the equator and 45 degrees E. from the prime meridian. It is within the area of unmantled terrain defined by Soberblom and others (1973) and the planet-encircling band of old cratered deposits shown on the preliminary geologic map of Mars (Carr and others, 1973). Crater density in the...

The map area contains two mare provinces, one terra province, and one province of mixed mare and terra. The maria are the semicircular southern half of Mare Crisium and the northeast sector of Mare Fecunditatis. The massive belt of terra that arcs across the quadrangle between these maria is the south rim of the Crisium multiringed basin; its southwest part is probably superposed on an...

The Memnonia quadrangle lies astride the boundary between heavily cratered and sparsely cratered hemispheres of Mars (Carr and others, 1973). Densely cratered terrain occurs in the southwestern part of the quadrangle. Strips of plains material bound the cratered terrain in both the northern and eastern parts of the quadrangle. There is approximately 3 km of relief across the quadrangle...

The Phaethontis quadrangle of Mars is dominated by densely cratered uplands and plateaus which form some of the oldest surfaces on the planet. Extensive low-lying areas within the cratered terrains, including the floors of large craters, are covered to different degrees by plains-forming material. The youngest plains units surround Tharsis Montes to the north. Various erosional processes

The Systematic mapping of lava flow units in the Tharsis region has been compiled into a series of 16 maps at 1:2,000,000 scale. This work provides information on the sources and areal extent of the lava flows, on their eruptive sequences and relative ages, and on relations between the flows and geologic structure in the largest, most active tectonic and volcanic province on Mars. Some...

The Systematic mapping of lava flow units in the Tharsis region has been compiled into a series of 16 maps at 1:2,000,000 scale. This work provides information on the sources and areal extent of the lava flows, on their eruptive sequences and relative ages, and on relations between the flows and geologic structure in the largest, most active tectonic and volcanic province on Mars. Some...

The Systematic mapping of lava flow units in the Tharsis region has been compiled into a series of 16 maps at 1:2,000,000 scale. This work provides information on the sources and areal extent of the lava flows, on their eruptive sequences and relative ages, and on relations between the flows and geologic structure in the largest, most active tectonic and volcanic province on Mars. Some...

This map is one in a series of 1:500,000-scale geologic maps initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to investigate areas of particular scientific interest on Mars. The north Kasei Valles area (fig. 1) merits detailed geologic study because it contains part of a large channel system whose age can be determined relative to geologic units that range in age from early

The region centered at Elysium Mons contains that second largest volcanic complex on Mars, surpassed in size by only the Tharsis complex. The Elysium region also has been a center of tectonic, fluvial, and mass-wasting activity. After degradation of ancient cratered terrain within the northern lowlands, volcanic rocks erupted from Elysium Mons, Hectas Tholus, and Albor Tholus in Elysium...

The Pompeii quadrangle is in northern Maja Valles region between Lunae Palum to the west and Xanthe Terra to the east. Approximately two-thirds of the surface is a relatively smooth plain, and the other one-third is subdued, cratered, upland plateau. The crater Pompeii is the largest fresh crater in the quadrangle. The major interest in the map area is evidence of the relatively brief