Morphologic and structural mapping of the central uplift of Betio crater, Thaumasia Planum, Mars

A.M. Nuhn; L.L. Tornabene; G.R. Osinski; A.S. McEwen

doi:10.1130/2015.2518(04)

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Morphologic and structural mapping of the central uplift of Betio crater, Thaumasia Planum, Mars

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A.M. Nuhn

Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration/Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada

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L.L. Tornabene

Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration/Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada

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G.R. Osinski

Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration/Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada

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A.S. McEwen

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1130/2015.2518(04)

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October 01, 2015

The ~31.7-km-diameter Betio crater (23.15°S, 281.38°E), located within the Hesperian-aged Ridged Plains material in Thaumasia Planum, Mars, contains a well-preserved asymmetrical central floor pit (~10.8 km NW-SE and ~8.8 km NE-SW in diameter) covering an area of ~67 km² that exposes discrete megablocks of layered bedrock and preserves a variety of impact-generated deposits. High-resolution images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are combined with other data sets to study and map the morphology and structure of the central floor pit. The excellent bedrock exposure of the floor pit enables the comparison of mapped structures with observations from terrestrial...

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Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V

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Geological Society of America

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518

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https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE518

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October 01, 2015

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