Hesperian Age for Western Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars

dc.contributor.authorZimbelman, James R.
dc.contributor.authorScheidt, Stephen P.
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-20T14:29:04Z
dc.date.available2012-08-20T14:29:04Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.format.extent1683
dc.identifier0036-8075
dc.identifier.citationZimbelman, 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>.
dc.identifier.issn0036-8075
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/18809
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
dc.relation.ispartofScience 336 (6089)
dc.titleHesperian Age for Western Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars
dc.typearticle
sro.description.unitNASM
sro.description.unitNASM-CEPS
sro.identifier.doi10.1126/science.1221094
sro.identifier.itemID111649
sro.identifier.refworksID101573
sro.identifier.urlhttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/18809
sro.publicationPlaceWashington, DC

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