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INSET: USGS IMAP 1614: Geologic map of the Mare Acidalium Quadrangle, Mars

By Planetary Geologic Mapping 1984 (approx.)

Inset of USGS IMAP 1614: Geologic map of the Mare Acidalium Quadrangle, Mars

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Inset of USGS IMAP 1614: Geologic map of the Mare Acidalium Quadrangle, Mars

By N. E. Witbeck and J. R. Underwood Jr.

Map and associated documents available from the USGS Publications Warehouse: https://doi.org/10.3133/i1614

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January 1, 1984

Geologic map of the Mare Acidalium Quadrangle, Mars (Revised) Geologic map of the Mare Acidalium Quadrangle, Mars (Revised)

Mare Acidalium is one of the dark areas on the map of Mars of Schiaparelli (1886). Acidalia Planitia, a large, low-albedo depression lying as low as 3 km below the Martian datum (U.S. Geological Survey, 1976) makes up much of the Mare Acidalium quadrangle. Arabia Terra and Tempe Terra bound Acidalia Planitia to the southeast and southwest, respectively. Chryse Planitia is south and...

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