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INSET: USGS IMAP 2327: Geologic maps of the Olympus Mons region of Mars

By Planetary Geologic Mapping 1994 (approx.)

Inset of USGS IMAP 2327: Geologic maps of the Olympus Mons region of Mars

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Inset of USGS IMAP 2327: Geologic maps of the Olympus Mons region of Mars

By E. C. Morris and K. L. Tanaka

Map and associated documents available from the USGS Publications Warehouse: https://doi.org/10.3133/i2327

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January 1, 1994

Geologic maps of the Olympus Mons region of Mars Geologic maps of the Olympus Mons region of Mars

Olympus Mons is one of the broadest volcanoes and certainly the tallest in the Solar System. It has been extensively described and analyzed in scientific publications and frequently noted in the popular and nontechnical literature of Mars. However, the first name given to the feature-Nix Olympica (Schiaparelli, 1879)-was based on its albedo, not its size, because early telescopic...

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