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Geologic Map of Io, SIM 3168 thumbnail

Geologic Map of Io, SIM 3168

application/zip 268 MBMar 13 2012

Io, discovered by Galileo Galilei on January 7-13, 1610, is the innermost of the four Galilean satellites of the planet Jupiter. It is the most volcanically active object in the Solar System, as…

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Titan Fluvial GIS Mapping Project

application/zip 328 MBJul 15 2013

Project Information: The Titan Fluvial GIS Mapping Project follows previous work by Barnes et al., 2007, Lorenz et al., 2008 & Burr et al., 2009, to map fluvial features on Titan. The Cassini Radio…

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Moon LAC-78 Theophilus Nomenclature

application/pdf 1 MBJan 25 2013

Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and…

Mars Geologic Map of MTM -30262 and -30267 Quadrangles, Hadriaca Patera Region thumbnail

Mars Geologic Map of MTM -30262 and -30267 Quadrangles, Hadriaca Patera Region

application/pdf 9 MBJan 07 2007

Introduction Mars Transverse Mercator (MTM) -30262 and -30267 quadrangles cover the summit region and east margin of Hadriaca Patera, one of the Martian volcanoes designated highland paterae. MTM…

Venus Geologic Map of the Rusalka Planitia Quadrangle (V-25) thumbnail

Venus Geologic Map of the Rusalka Planitia Quadrangle (V-25)

application/pdf 46 MBJan 03 2003

The Rusalka Planitia quadrangle (herein referred to as V-25) occupies an 8.1 million square kilometer swath of lowlands nestled within the eastern highlands of Aphrodite Terra on Venus. The region…

Mars Geologic, Paleotectonic, and Paleoerosional Maps of the Thaumasia Region thumbnail

Mars Geologic, Paleotectonic, and Paleoerosional Maps of the Thaumasia Region

application/pdf 11 MBJan 01 2001

The geology of the Thaumasia region (fig. 1, sheet 3) includes a wide array of rock materials, depositional and erosional landforms, and tectonic structures. The region is dominated by the Thaumasia…

Venus Geologic Geomorphic Map of the Galindo Quadrangle (V-40) thumbnail

Venus Geologic Geomorphic Map of the Galindo Quadrangle (V-40)

application/pdf 20 MBJan 07 2000

The Magellan spacecraft orbited Venus from August 10, 1990, until it plunged into the venusian atmosphere on October 12, 1994. Magellan had the objectives of (1) improving knowledge of the geologic…

Mars Geologic Map of the Dao, Harmakhis, and Reull Valles Region thumbnail

Mars Geologic Map of the Dao, Harmakhis, and Reull Valles Region

application/pdf 15 MBJan 06 1999

The geology for this map was compiled using Viking Orbiter images on 1:500,000- scale photomosaics of the Mars Transverse Mercator quadrangles -40262, -40267, and -40272. This map represents a…

Mars Geologic Map of the MTM -85280 Quadrangle, Planum Australe Region thumbnail

Mars Geologic Map of the MTM -85280 Quadrangle, Planum Australe Region

application/pdf 7 MBJan 06 1999

The polar deposits on Mars are of great interest because they probably record martian climate variations (Thomas and others, 1992). The area shown on this map includes polar layered deposits with…

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Evidence of Cryovolcanism on Titan

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/geology/titan-cryovolcanism

From NASA Press Release…New data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal topography on Saturn's moon Titan that makes the best case yet for an ice volcano on Titan and reveals the most…

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Lorenz et al. 2013 Titan Topographic Map of Titan thumbnail

Lorenz et al. 2013 Titan Topographic Map of Titan

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Cassini RADAR SARtopo and altimetry data are used to construct a global gridded 1 x 1° elevation map, for use in Global Circulation Models, hydrological models and correlative studies. The data are…

ISPRS 2001 Topographic Mapping of the Galilean and Other Icy Satellites: Prospects and Problems for Stereo and Photoclinometry thumbnail

ISPRS 2001 Topographic Mapping of the Galilean and Other Icy Satellites: Prospects and Problems for Stereo and Photoclinometry

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The utility (read: need) of topographic data in formulating and testing hypotheses for the formation of geologic features is undisputed. In the absence of laser altimeters, however, image-based…

ISPRS 2001 Lunar Orbiter Digitization and Cartographic Processing thumbnail

ISPRS 2001 Lunar Orbiter Digitization and Cartographic Processing

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Digitization and cartographic processing of 5 Lunar Orbiter (LO) IV frames (109H, 110H, 114H, 115H, and 114M) are now complete, and these data are available online at…

ISPRS 2002 USGS and DLR Topographic Mapping of Comet Borrelly thumbnail

ISPRS 2002 USGS and DLR Topographic Mapping of Comet Borrelly

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In the fall of 2001, NASA’s Deep Space 1 (DS1) probe imaged Comet Borrelly during a flyby encounter. Three of the Borrelly images have geometry suitable to photogrammetrically map the nucleus,…

ISPRS 2003 Topography of Io: Methods to Mapping Local and Regional Geology thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Topography of Io: Methods to Mapping Local and Regional Geology

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On such a volcanically active world as Io, topography is especially important for understanding lava emplacement, mountain formation, internal dynamics, and volcanic history. Previously we have…

ISPRS 2003 Topographic Mapping of Icy Satellites: New Methods and New Maps thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Topographic Mapping of Icy Satellites: New Methods and New Maps

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Topographic mapping of icy satellites is a critical tool for evaluation of geologic problems ranging from the origin of ionian mountains to the thickness of floating ice shells. With the lack of…

ISPRS 2004 Geomorphometric Mapping of Grand Canyon from the 1-Degree USGS DEMs thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Geomorphometric Mapping of Grand Canyon from the 1-Degree USGS DEMs

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In a previous research effort a terrain partition framework was defined allowing the partition of the landscape of Valles Marineris chasma (an elongated steep-sided depression located in Mars) to…