Geologic Map of Part of the Western Hellas Planitia, Mars
Scientific Investigations Map
2953
Prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
By: Jeffrey M. Moore and Don E. Wilhelms
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Abstract
Introduction
Rock units were deposited on Mars by meteorite impact, volcanism, wind, flowing water, standing water, and ice, acting separately or in concert. Hellas Planitia, the deepest tract on Mars, is a broad depression lying within the high-rimmed, approximately 2,300-km-wide Hellas impact basin. The basin and the planitia are centered about 250 km east of the southeast corner of the map area. Like other stratigraphy-based planetary mapping (Wilhelms, 1990), we suggest the most likely origins for age relations and morphologies visible in the map area.
Suggested Citation
Moore, J., Wilhelms, D.E., 2007, Geologic Map of Part of the Western Hellas Planitia, Mars (Version 1.0): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2953, Map Sheet: 45 x 37 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2953.
ISSN: 2329-132X (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geologic Map of Part of the Western Hellas Planitia, Mars |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Series number | 2953 |
| ISBN | 9781411317635 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sim2953 |
| Edition | Version 1.0 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Astrogeology Research Center |
| Description | Map Sheet: 45 x 37 inches |
| Projection | Transverse Mercator |
| Scale | 1004000 |