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INSET: USGS IMAP 1144: Geologic map of the Margaritifer Sinus Quadrangle of Mars

By Planetary Geologic Mapping 1979 (approx.)

Inset of USGS IMAP 1144: Geologic map of the Margaritifer Sinus Quadrangle of Mars

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Inset of USGS IMAP 1144: Geologic map of the Margaritifer Sinus Quadrangle of Mars

By R. S. Saunders

Map and associated documents available from the USGS Publications Warehouse: https://doi.org/10.3133/i1144

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January 1, 1979

Geologic map of the Margaritifer Sinus Quadrangle of Mars Geologic map of the Margaritifer Sinus Quadrangle of Mars

The Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle lies within a broad north-sloping trough, the Chryse lowlands, between the elevated Tharsis plateau to the west and the cratered upland to the east. The rugged, uniquely martian chaotic terrain is best developed in this quadrangle. Sinuous furrows a few kilometers wide and as much as several hundred kilometers long cover most of the quadrangle; in...

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