Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Apr 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985pggp.rept..350m&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington Repts. of Geol. and Geophys. Program, 1984 p 350-351 (SEE N85-23474 13-91)
Mathematics
Logic
Equatorial Regions, Mars Surface, Plains, Planetary Geology, Terrain, Boundaries, Highlands, Mars Craters, Mosaics, Planetary Mapping, Plateaus, Ridges, Viking Orbiter 2
Scientific paper
As part of an ongoing study to place geologic constraints on, and to interpret the origin of the ancient cratered terrain - smooth plains boundary on Mars, structural features in the eastern hemisphere were mapped, looking at wide-scale variations in aereal percentage of crater vocer and distinctive landforms. Maps and a digitized data set for graben, scarps, ridges and elongate plateaus in the eastern hemisphere were completed for 30 deg N to 30 deg. In the equatorial region, results indicate a marked change from the N oriented ridges north of the boundary to the NW orientations of those in the inter and intracrater plains south of the boundary. The WNW orientation of the boundary itself is matched by similar orientations of graben and scraps in the southern terrain. In order to determine whether outlying plateaus and isolated knobby hills found north of the boundary are formed from material of the ancient cratered terrain, the Viking 2 approach color data were used to discriminate surface materials in the eastern hemisphere. In the southern half of the Amenthes quadrange (MC-14), several correlations exist among surficial spectral reflectance and observed geologic units. Old terrain on the eastern rim of the Isidis basin is much redder than the smooth volcanic plains on either side of the rim, even though the plains unit east of the rim is located several kilometers higher than the plains on the floor of Isidis. Based on statistics derived from the color data, the plains within Isidis were found to differ from those north of the boundary zone.
Corrigan Jeff D.
Maxwell Ted A.
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