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Geologic map of the Valles Marineris region, Mars

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1991-01-01

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N. E. Witbeck, K. L. Tanaka, and D. H. Scott, 19910101, Geologic map of the Valles Marineris region, Mars: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P9SBTAYC.

Summary

The Valles Marineris region lies east of Tharsis Montes (which extend from lat 12˚ to 16˚., long 101˚ to 125˚). Part of the region is in the midst of a vast plateau bounded on the west and east by Claritas and Nectaris Fossae, respectively; the remainder extends farther east into southern Xanthe Terr and western Margaritifer Terra. Channel trends, stereophotogrammetry, and radar altimetery indicate that the surface north and east of the canyons slopes toward Chryse Planitia (centered at about lat 25˚ N., long 45˚). Within the broad Valles Marineris region, three distinct physiographic provinces are recognized (fig. 1): (1) the Noctis Labyrithus province, consisting of a high plateau cut by a network of structurally controlled troughs; [...]

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Digitized 1:2,000,000-scale geologic map of Valles Marineris, Mars. Originally mapped on Viking imagery. The scanned map sheet was imported into ArcMap and georeferenced to the more current 2014 global THEMIS Daytime IR mosaic basemap. Contacts and geologic units were digitized and attributed based on type and unit name.

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