Geology of Chryse Planitia

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Sep 1977

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Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, Sept. 30, 1977, p. 4093-4109. Research supported by the Natural Environment Research

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Geological Surveys, Landing Sites, Mars Surface, Planetary Mapping, Spaceborne Photography, Viking Orbiter 1, Albedo, Basalt, Craters, High Resolution, Photointerpretation

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Chryse Planitia, the site of the first successful landing on Mars by Viking 1, is an asymmetrical basin, centered at 45 deg W and 24 deg N, about 2000 km northeast of Valles Marineris. High-resolution Viking orbiter images show Chryse Planitia to be much more complex than had been suspected from Mariner 9 images. On the basis of a study of the Viking pictures it is concluded that the geological history of Chryse Planitia involves a complex sequence of impact cratering, mantling by extensive deposits of unknown origin, redistribution of mantling and crater materials by erosion and deposition with concurrent eruptions of flood-type basalts, and aeolian activity.

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