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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>D.U. Wise</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1979</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;The Arcadia quadrangle of Mars contains three distinct geological provinces: (1) the 1000-km-diameter shield field volcano of Alba Patera, which occupies the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;southwestern&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; quadrant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;; (2) the complex &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;empe province, which comprises a number of younger volcanic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;sedimentary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; blanket deposits over an ancient, highly cratered crust forming a plateau in the southwestern quadrant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;; and (3) a plains province, consisting of northern wind-swept&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;ratered plains and some younger &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;subpolar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; deposits in the northeast corner of the quadrangle, plus less cratered plains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; surrounding much of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;empe and Alba regions. The plateau, informally named the Tempe Plateau &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;and part of the proposed forma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; term Tempe Terra, is separated from the main regions of cratered &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellingError SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;martian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; highlands to the south by Kasei &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;Vallis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;, appearing at the extreme southeast corner of the map, which slopes northeastward onto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt;Chryse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122847957 BCX8"&gt; Planitia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3133/i1154</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Geologic map of the Arcadia Quadrangle of Mars</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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