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Geology of the Southern Utopia Planitia Highland-Lowland Boundary Plain: First Year Results and Second Year PlanThe southern Utopia highland-lowland boundary (HLB) extends >1500 km westward from northern Nepenthes Mensae to the topographic saddle that separates Isidis and Utopia Planitiae. It contains bench-like platforms that contain depressions, pitted cones (some organized into arcuate chains and thumbprint terrain), isolated domes, lineated depressions, buried circular depressions, ring fractures, polygonal fractures, and other locally- to regionally-dispersed landforms [1]. The objective of our mapping project is to clarify the geologic evolution of the southern Utopia Planitia HLB by identifying the geologic, structural, and stratigraphic relationships of surface materials in MTMs 10237, 15237, 20237, 10242, 15242, 20242, 10247, 15247, and 20247.
Document ID
20080040998
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Skinner, J. A., Jr.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Tanaka, K. L.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Hare, T. M.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
June 23, 2008
Publication Information
Publication: Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Flagstaff, AZ, 2008
Subject Category
Geophysics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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