Iapygia (Gradfeld)

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The Iapygia - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-21, the degree field covers the area from 270 ° to 315 ° west longitude and from −30 ° to 0 ° south latitude .

The name is derived from an ancient name for Apulia , the land of the Japygians .

geography

Parts of Tyrrhena Terra and Terra Sabaea are in the Iapygia area. The largest impact crater is Huygens ; Dykes are an interesting phenomenon . Remnants of Dykes can be found near Huygens Crater, particularly in the south, which used to be below the surface but are now eroded . A clear stratification can be seen in many places . There are different impact craters, such as B. Huygens Crater, Meteor Crater, and Winslows Crater. The layer formation can sometimes be clearly seen in them.

Other degree fields

Web links

Commons : Iapygia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Head, J. et al. 2006. The Huygens-Hellas giant dike system on Mars: Implications for Late Noachian-Early Hesperian volcanic resurfacing and climatic evolution. Geology. 34: 4: 285-288.
  3. ↑ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-071&rn=news.xml&rst=2929
  4. ↑ HiRISE | High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment . Hirise.lpl.arizona.edu?psp_008437_1750. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ Grotzinger, J. and R. Milliken (eds.). 2012. Sedimentary Geology of Mars. SEPM.
  6. ^ Hugh H. Kieffer: Mars . University of Arizona Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-8165-1257-7, (Retrieved March 7, 2011).
  7. ↑ Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.
  8. ↑ PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, February 16, 2002
  9. ↑ Davies, ME; Batson, RM; Wu, SSC "Geodesy and Cartography" in Kieffer, HH; Jakosky, BM; Snyder, CW; Matthews, MS, Eds. Mars. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1992.