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Geology of Northeastern Syrtis Major

Geology of Northeastern Syrtis Major
Geology of Northeastern Syrtis Major Left: Geomorphic map of Northeast Syrtis Major. Units and colors correspond with simplified column at the right. Select mapped units are not shown for clarity. Background is a CTX mosaic overlain with a mosaic of the available HiRISE images. Right: Simplified stratigraphic column for Northeast Syrtis Major depicting the paired morphology and mineralogy of the mapped units. The dated stratigraphic markers in the column at ~3.7 and 3.96 Ga are shown. (Click to enlarge) NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / UA / Bramble et al. (2016)