Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jun 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978icar...34..479s&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 34, June 1978, p. 479-485.
Mathematics
Logic
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Mars Surface, Planetary Evolution, Terrain Analysis, Viking Mars Program, Chronology, Erosion, Mariner 9 Space Probe, Photomapping, Plains, Geology, Highlands, Ages, Lava Flows, Crater Density, Mars, Mariner 9, Evolution, Viking Orbiter, Stratigraphy
Scientific paper
Stratigraphic relations between lowland plains and highlands, two major types of Martian geologic-terrain units, were not directly distinguishable on Mariner-9 images. Morphologic characteristics and crater densities suggested that the lava plains beneath their eolian cover were younger than adjacent highland rocks, which form a plateau bounded in many places by highly dissected escarpments. Alternatively, the lowland plains could be the older unit and represent a broad erosional surface exhumed by southward retreat of the highlands along their frontal scarp. Viking photos across five areas of the highland-lowland boundary, however, tend to confirm the younger age of the plains-forming lava flows. A time interval of several hundred million years probably occurred between the retreat of the highland scarp and its latest embayment by lava extrusions in the lowlands.
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