D. E. Wilhelms, 19760101, Geologic map of the Oxia Palus Quadrangle of Mars: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P943EDYX.
Summary
The Oxia Palus quadrangle contains three distinct geologic provinces: (1) an elevated cratered plateau that occupies three-fourths of the quadrangle and is similar to much of the southern hemisphere of Mars; (2) the low, relatively featureless Chryse Planitia in the northwest corner; and (3) a complex province of chaotic terrain and immense channels or valleys that divides the plateau an determinates at Chryse Planitia. Generally, the oldest geologic units occur in the plateau province and the youngest in Chryse Planitia. Discovery by Mariner 9 of the channels, the four largest of which are given neames meaning “Mars” in Akkadian, Sumerian, Anglo-Saxon, and Greek (west to east), renews the possibility of water and therefore life on [...]
Summary
The Oxia Palus quadrangle contains three distinct geologic provinces: (1) an elevated cratered plateau that occupies three-fourths of the quadrangle and is similar to much of the southern hemisphere of Mars; (2) the low, relatively featureless Chryse Planitia in the northwest corner; and (3) a complex province of chaotic terrain and immense channels or valleys that divides the plateau an determinates at Chryse Planitia. Generally, the oldest geologic units occur in the plateau province and the youngest in Chryse Planitia. Discovery by Mariner 9 of the channels, the four largest of which are given neames meaning “Mars” in Akkadian, Sumerian, Anglo-Saxon, and Greek (west to east), renews the possibility of water and therefore life on Mars. This possibility may be tested in July 1976 by a landing of the unmanned Viking spacecraft in Chryse Planitia at the mouths of the channels (lat 19 ½° N., long 34°).
Digitized 1:5,000,000-scale geologic map of the Oxia Palus Quadrangle of Mars. Oringinally mapped on Mariner 9 imagery. The map was imported into ArcMap and georeferenced to the Mars THEMIS basemap. Contacts and geologic units were digitized and attributed based on type and unit name.
