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INSET: USGS IMAP 2147: Geologic map of the Elysium region of Mars

By Planetary Geologic Mapping 1992 (approx.)

Inset of USGS IMAP 2147: Geologic map of the Elysium region of Mars

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Inset of USGS IMAP 2147: Geologic map of the Elysium region of Mars

By K. L. Tanaka, M. G. Chapman, and D. H. Scott

Map and associated documents available from the USGS Publications Warehouse: https://doi.org/10.3133/i2147

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January 1, 1992

Geologic map of the Elysium region of Mars Geologic map of the Elysium region of Mars

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...

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