Geologic Map of the Bach Region of Mercury

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Publication Date

1990

Citation

Strom, Robert G., Malin, Michael C., and Leake, Martha A.

Summary

The Bach region encompasses the south polar part of Mercury poleward of lat 65° S. About half of hte region was beyond the terminator during the three Mariner 10 encounters and hence not visible. The entire mapped area was covered by near-vertical photography from the second encounter, and the eastern part, from long 15° to about 110°, was covered by oblique photography from the first encounter.

Summary

The Bach region encompasses the south polar part of Mercury poleward of lat 65° S. About half of hte region was beyond the terminator during the three Mariner 10 encounters and hence not visible. The entire mapped area was covered by near-vertical photography from the second encounter, and the eastern part, from long 15° to about 110°, was covered by oblique photography from the first encounter.

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Marc A Hunter

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GIS form of geologic map - contacts and units only.

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Digitized 1:5,000,000-scale geologic map of the the Bach quadrangle of Mercury. Originally mapped on Mariner 10 imagery the map was digitized as a GIS product in 1999. The polygon shapefile has been smoothed and transformed to align with the more current 2013 Messenger basemap. Then a polyline feature was created and attributed with contact type.

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