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1 online resource (300 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; How to Use this Atlas; Sources of Images; Chapter 1 Introduction; Organization of atlas; map scale and projections; Creation of THEMIS base maps; Coordinates on Mars; Latitude and longitude; Elevation and datum definition; Geographic nomenclature; Note on Latin terms; Image resolution -- how much detail do we see?; Chapter 2 History of Exploration of Mars; Pre-spacecraft studies; Schiaparelli and Lowell: The ''canals''; Telescopic observation; First Mars spacecraft |
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Mariner 4 and Mariner 6/7Mariner 9; Soviet spacecraft; Viking 1 and 2; Missions since 1996; Chapter 3 Global Character of Mars; Albedo; Elevation (shaded relief); Elevation (color); Bouguer gravity; Crustal thickness; Magnetization; Water Ice (in shallow soil); Thermal inertia; Dust cover; Plagioclase; High-calcium pyroxene; Olivine; OMEGA/CRISM hydrated minerals; Rock units; Ferric oxide; Chapter 4 Regional Geographic Features and Surface Views of Mars; Global dichotomy boundary; Southern highlands; Northern lowlands; Impact basins; Tharsis and other volcanic provinces; Valles Marineris |
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Polar plateausViews of the surface from landers; Viking 1 and 2 landers; Mars Pathfinder; Mars Exploration Rovers -- Spirit and Opportunity; Mars Phoenix Lander; Mars Science Laboratory rover -- Curiosity; Chapter 5 Geology of Mars; Geologic map overview; Geologic timescale for Mars; Geologic history; Interior of Mars; Crust; Impacts; Volcanism; Tectonics; Water and ice; Wind; Mass wasting and slope processes; Meteorites from Mars; Chemical evolution of Mars environment; Habitability; Surface science; Moons of Mars; Map Sheets; Mare Boreum (MC-1); Geography; Geology |
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Mars layer-cake geology in three dimensionsScandia Tholi and Cavi: giant mud volcanoes?; Dunes beget dunes; Diacria (MC-2); Geography; Geology; Shake, break, and flow; Acheron Fossae: Cooling like custard; Arcadia (MC-3); Geography; Geology; Service for one (plate); Cyane Catena; Tempe Terra; Mare Acidalium (MC-4); Geography; Geology; A plateau in the plains; Channel scours and evidence of absence; Muddy manifestations?; Ismenius Lacus (MC-5); Geography; Geology; There are always highs and lows; Making an impact; Coastal disaster zone; Casius (MC-6); Geography; Geology |
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Scarps, grooves, and depressions (Oh my!)Smooth versus smooth; Cebrenia (MC-7); Geography; Geology; Giant lahars on Mars?; Iced or hot?; What goes up must come down; A chilly surprise beneath the surface; Amazonis (MC-8); Geography; Geology; Mysterious trimmings of Olympus Mons; Splat! at Tooting crater: Wet flow during impact; Tharsis (MC-9); Geography; Geology; Fire and ice: Glaciation; Shaped on the top and sides; Lunae Palus (MC-10); Geography; Geology; A dry cataract in Kasei Valles; Echus Chaos: source of a flood; Aqueous nocturne; Oxia Palus (MC-11); Geography; Geology |
| Summary |
Planetary scientist and educator Ken Coles has teamed up with Ken Tanaka from the United States Geological Survey's Astrogeology team, and Phil Christensen, Principal Investigator of the Mars Odyssey orbiter's THEMIS science team, to produce this all-purpose reference atlas, The Atlas of Mars. Each of the thirty standard charts includes: a full-page color topographic map at 1:10,000,000 scale, a THEMIS daytime infrared map at the same scale with features labeled, a simplified geologic map of the corresponding area, and a section describing prominent features of interest. The Atlas is rounded out with extensive material on Mars' global characteristics, regional geography and geology, a glossary of terms, and an indexed gazetteer of up-to-date Martian feature names and nomenclature. This is an essential guide for a broad readership of academics, students, amateur astronomers, and space enthusiasts, replacing the NASA atlas from the 1970s |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Aug 2019) |
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Physics.
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Astronomy.
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Astronomy -- History
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Cosmology -- History
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Physics
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Astronomy
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physics.
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astronomy.
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Planets -- Research
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Astronomy
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Cosmology
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Physics
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Mars (Planet) -- Maps.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081559
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Mars (Planet) -- Geography
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Mars (Planet) -- Research -- History -- 20th century
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Mars (Planet)
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Maps
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History
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Electronic book
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Tanaka, Kenneth L., author.
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Christensen, Philip R. (Philip Russel), author.
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| ISBN |
9781139567428 |
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113956742X |
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