[meteorite-list] New Geological Map of MArs

Paul H. inselberg at cox.net
Tue Jul 15 21:56:59 EDT 2014


A Beautifully Detailed New Geologic Map of Mars
by Betsey Mason, Wired July 14, 2014
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/new-geologic-map-mars-usgs/

ASU, USGS project yields sharpest map of Mars 
surface properties, Arizona State University
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140715-thermal-map

ASU, USGS Create Sharpest Map Ever of Mars 
Surface Properties, united States Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3936

The geological map is at:

Tanaka, K. L. J. A. Skinner, Jr., J. M. Dohm, R. P. 
Irwin, III, E. J. Kolb, C. M. Fortezzo, T. Platz,
G. G. Michael, and T. M. Hare, 2014, Geologic 
Map of Mars. Scientific Investigations Map no. 3292
United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3292/

Supplementary data is at:

Mars Global Data Sets, Mars Space Flight Facility
http://jmars.asu.edu/maps/?layer=thm_ti_100m_8bit&z=6&greenlabels

Mars THEMIS-Derived Global Thermal Inertia Mosaic
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/maps/mars-themis-derived-global-thermal-inertia-mosaic

Yours,

Paul H.


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