INSET: USGS IMAP 1111: Geologic map of the Aeolis Quadrangle of Mars

Two principal physiographic provinces of Mars are represented in the Aeolis quadrangle: (1) Elysium Planitia in the north is part of a broad planet-encircling belt of relatively young lowland plains, and (2) cratered highlands in the south consist of roughly primitive terrain that extends to polar deposits around the southern ice cap (Condit and Soderblom, 1978: Scott and Carr, 1978)...