Hesperian Age for Western Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars

Zimbelman, James R.; Scheidt, Stephen P.

dc.contributor.author	Zimbelman, James R.	en
dc.contributor.author	Scheidt, Stephen P.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-20T14:29:04Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-20T14:29:04Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.citation	Zimbelman, James R. and Scheidt, Stephen P. 2012. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/18809">Hesperian Age for Western Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars</a>." <em>Science</em>. 336 (6089):1683. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221094">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221094</a>	en
dc.identifier.issn	0036-8075
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/18809
dc.description.abstract	The Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) on Mars is an intensely eroded deposit north of the cratered highlands. It is widely thought that MFF materials were emplaced through ignimbrite eruptions. Recent geologic mapping of western MFF identified outliers of MFF materials well beyond the previously mapped western extent for the deposit, including outliers close to Gale crater. We report counts of impact craters on the MFF units that have implications for our understanding of the general history of MFF and the uppermost layered materials on the Gale crater mound.	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Science	en
dc.title	Hesperian Age for Western Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	111649
dc.identifier.doi	10.1126/science.1221094
rft.jtitle	Science
rft.volume	336
rft.issue	6089
rft.spage	1683
dc.description.SIUnit	NASM	en
dc.description.SIUnit	NASM-CEPS	en
dc.description.SIUnit	Peer-reviewed	en
dc.citation.spage	1683