Mars Geologic Map of Part of Western Hellas Planitia
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.
- Mimetype
- application/pdf
- Filename
- Mars-Geologic-Map-of-Part-of-Western-Hellas-Planitia.pdf
- Publisher
- USGS Astrogeology Science Center
- Publication Date
- 7 January 2007
- Originator
- J. Moore, D. Wilhelms
- Group
- RPIF
- Added to Astropedia
- 3 May 2016
- Modified
- 17 May 2018
General
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- Geologic Map, Raster Data, Vector Data
- Series Id
- 2953
Keywords
- Target
- Mars
- Theme
- Cartography, Geology, Geomorphology, Photogeology, Stratigraphy, Planetary evolution
- Mission
Contact and Distribution
- Access Instructions
- Map Sheet: 45 x 37 inches
Geospatial Information
- Minimum Latitude
- -42
- Maximum Latitude
- 0
- Minimum Longitude
- 0
- Maximum Longitude
- 60
- Quad Name
- MC-12, MC-13, MC-20, MC-21, MC-27, MC-28
- Map Projection Name
- Transverse Mercator