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Huygens Crater: Insights into Noachian Volcanism, Stratigraphy, and Aqueous ProcessesHuygens crater is a well preserved peak ring structure on Mars centered at 13.5 deg S, 55.5 deg E in the Noachian highlands between Terras Tyrrhena and Sabaea near the NW rim of Hellas basin. With a diameter of approximately 470 km, it uplifted and exhumed pre-Noachian crustal materials from depths greater than 25 km, penetrating below the thick, ubiquitous layer of Hellas ejecta. In addition, Huygens served as a basin for subsequent aqueous activity, including erosion/deposition by fluvial valley networks and subsurface alteration that is now exposed by smaller impacts. Younger mafic-bearing plains that partially cover the basin floor and surrounding intercrater areas were likely emplaced by later volcanism.
Document ID
20150019641
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ackiss, S. E.
(Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Wray, J. J.
(Georgia Inst. of Tech. Atlanta, GA, United States)
Seelos, K. D.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Niles, P. B.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
October 22, 2015
Publication Date
October 27, 2015
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-34505
Report Number: JSC-CN-34505
Meeting Information
Meeting: Landing Site (LS)/Exploration Zone (EZ) Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: October 27, 2015
End Date: October 30, 2015
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Universities Space Research Association
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX10AO25G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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