New Geologic Map of the Argyre Region of Mars: Deciphering the Geologic History Through Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Express DataThe primary objective of the mapping effort is to produce a geologic map of the Argyre basin and surrounding region at 1:5,000,000 scale in both digital and print formats that will detail the stratigraphic and crosscutting relations among rock materials and landforms (30 deg. S to 65 deg. S, 290 deg. E to 340 deg E). There has not been a detailed geologic map produced of the Argyre region since the Viking-era mapping investigation. The mapping tasks include stratigraphic mapping, crater counting, feature mapping, quantitative landform analysis, and spectroscopic/ stratigraphic investigation feature mapping. The regional geologic mapping investigation includes the Argyre basin floor and rim materials, the transition zone that straddles the Thaumasia plateau, which includes Argyre impactrelated modification, and the southeast margin of the Thaumasia plateau using important new data sets from the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The geologic information unfolded by this new mapping project will be useful to the community for constraining the regional geology, paleohydrology, and paleoclimate, which includes but is not limited to the assessment of: (1) whether the Argyre basin contained lakes, (2) the extent of reported flooding and glaciation, (3) existing interpretations of the origin of the narrow ridges located in the southeast part of the basin floor, and (4) the extent of Argyre-related tectonism and its influence on the surrounding regions.
Document ID
20110002756
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Dohm, J. M. (Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Banks, M. (Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, United States)
Buczkowski, D. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 2010
Publication Information
Publication: Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Flagstaff, AZ, 2010
IDRelationTitle20110002751Collected WorksAbstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Flagstaff, AZ, 201020110002751Collected WorksAbstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Flagstaff, AZ, 2010