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Geologic map of the Hellas Quadrangle of Mars Geologic map of the Hellas Quadrangle of Mars

The area of MC-28 is centered on the east edge of the Hellas Planitia (Hellas basin and surrounding plains) within densely cratered terrain that covers more than half the surface of Mars (Carr, 1973, fig. 1). The deepest part of the basin lies 4-5 km below the surface of the cratered terrain (Hanel and others, 1972). An irregular band of mountain and knobby material about the eastern...
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