Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The paper presents evidence for a widespread common-age resurfacing that affected the entire boundary transition zone between the cratered highlands and northern lowland plains in eastern Mars. This resurfacing may have been contemporaneous with other major events elsewhere on Mars. It is noted that the oldest resurfacing event at N(1) of about 86,000 was much more efficient at removing larger craters in what is today the transition zone than it was in the cratered terrain; this implies that some difference in the nature of the crust had been established prior to this resurfacing event.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; Mar 16, 1987 - Mar 20, 1987; Houston, TX; United States
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