Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Carr, M. H.
• Masursky, Harold
• Saunders, R. S.

Titel

A generalized geologic map of Mars

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Geophysical Research, 1973-07, Vol.78 (20), p.4031-4036

Ort / Verlag

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1973

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A geologic map of Mars has been constructed largely on the basis of photographic evidence. Four classes of units are recognized: (1) primitive cratered terrain, (2) sparsely cratered volcanic eolian plains, (3) circular radially symmetric volcanic constructs such as shield volcanoes, domes, and craters, and (4) tectonic erosional units such as chaotic and channel deposits. Grabens are the main structural features; compressional and strike slip features are almost completely absent. Most grabens are part of a set radial to the main volcanic area, Tharsis.