Publication Date:
2006-04-06
Description:
Among the major problems of martian geologic history are the cause of the highland-lowland dichotomy, and of the scarp separating these two global-scale provinces. These features were formed after much of the early bombardment was completed; consequently, many of the surviving impact basins very likely were present during the creation of the dichotomy, and it is possible that differences in their present morphologies as a function of location and of relative age may provide clues to the tectonic and geomorphic processes responsible for the dichotomy and the scarp.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
NASA. Washington Rept. of Planetary Geol. Program, 1983; p 100-101
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