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The geology of Mare Acidalium quadrangle MarsThe Mare Acidalium quadrangle is described. Mare Acidalium quadrangle lies between 30 - 60 N latitude and 0 - 60 W longitude. Materials that were used in mapping the quadrangle include Mariner and Viking single-frame images and photomosaics. Preliminary geologic mapping was done on five 1:2,000,000-scale photomosaics and selected higher resolution photomosaics. The data were then compiled on one sheet at a scale of 1:5,000,000. The Mariner 9 mission revealed a striking planetary dichotomy; high-standing, heavily-cratered terrain in the south that contrasts with low-lying, lightly-cratered terrain in the north. Both of these terrain types occur in Mare Acidalium quadrangle. The boundary separating the elevated cratered plateau from the lower plains is, in many places, an escarpment 1-2 km-high, however, in a few places where there is no escarpment, plains materials embay and overlap the heavily-cratered plateau material.
Document ID
19840017514
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Authors
Witbeck, N. E.
(Kansas State Univ. Manhattan, KS, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Washington Advan. in Planetary Geol.
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
84N25582
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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