Geologic map of the Iapygia Quadrangle of Mars
The Iaygia quadrangle, in the equatorial region of Mars just north of the Hellas basin, is mainly ancient, hilly, and cratered upland terrain. The southern one-third of the quadrangle is dominated by mountains and knobby materials representing mountains of pre-Hellas material and material related to the Hellas basin and mappable in a 500-km-wide zone circumjacent to it. The northeast quadrant of the quadrangle contains two large arcuate structural scarps and moderately low-albedo mountain material and knobby deposits, both associated with formation of the Isidis basin (Meyer and Grolier, 1977). The major part of the Iapygia quadrangle is mapped as hilly and cratered upland materials units with subordinate various plains deposits. Although the southern rim of the Syrtis Major basin coincides with the northern margin of the quadrangle along the equator from 285˚ to 295˚ W., no structural features or ejecta associated with the basin have been identified in either the Iaypgia or Syrtis Major (MC-13) quadrangle. A dominant feature of the landscape with Iaypgia is the 475-km-diameter basin-crater Huygens, which shows subtle evidence of having an inner ring structure (Wilhelms, 1973). A second basin-sized crater, Schroeter (265-km-diameter), shares its northern rim with the Syrtis Major quadrangle (MC-13) and has a more distinct inner ring structure than Huygens.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1977 |
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Title | Geologic map of the Iapygia Quadrangle of Mars |
DOI | 10.3133/i1020 |
Authors | G. G. Schaber |
Publication Type | Report |
Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
Series Title | IMAP |
Series Number | 1020 |
Index ID | i1020 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |