Geomorphologic analysis of some Martian surface images from the Mars 4 and 5 automatic stations

Details Geomorphologic analysis of some Martian surface images from the Mars 4 and 5 automatic stations Geomorphologic analysis of some Martian surface images from the Mars 4 and 5 automatic stations

Oct 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975icar...26..219f&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 26, Oct. 1975, p. 219-229.

Mathematics

Logic

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Geomorphology, Mars Photographs, Mars Surface, Mars 5 Spacecraft, Craters, Landforms, Planetary Mapping, Structural Properties (Geology), Tectonics

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Results of geomorphological analysis of some photographs taken by the Mars 4 and 5 probes are discussed. The area studied (700 x 900 km, centered at 32 deg S, 35 deg W) covers part of Mare Erythraeum. The main landforms of the area are craters which are sorted into four morphological classes. Fluvial, eolian, and tectonic processes as well as downslope displacement of material are identified with different degrees of certainty. The valleys, which are probably of fluvial origin, exhibit a characteristic hierarchical pattern. The main valley in the area, provisionally named Uzboi, extends from Holden crater to Hale crater. The relations between the present surface elevations and the probable fluvial origin appear to indicate tectonic uplift of some parts of the area in the past. The tectonic movements have broken a hypothetical large valley into a number of fragments, one of which is Ladon valley and another of which is Uzboi valley, although another possible explanation of the observed pattern also exists. A geomorphological map of the area is included.

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