Phoenicis Lacus (Gradfeld)

The Phoenicis Lacus - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-17, the degree field covers the area from 90 ° to 135 ° west longitude and from −30 ° to 0 ° south latitude .

The name translates as "Lake of the Phoenix ". The degree field contains u. a. the Tharsus ridge, which was formed by lava flows . The two volcanoes Pavonis Mons and Arsia Mons are believed to have had glaciers in the past , which may still be hidden under a thin layer of stones. The most famous object in Gradfeld is Noctis Labyrinthus , a collection of canyons . Its walls contain different layers of stone. In December 2009 research showed that it contained clay , sulfates and silicates .

Other degree fields

Web links

Commons : Phoenicis Lacus - collection of images, videos and audio files

DLR : Phoenicis Lacus - a complex fault zone in the Tharsis volcanic region of Mars November 12, 2010

Individual evidence

↑ Phoenicis Lacus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
↑ http: //www.mars.asu/christensen/advancedmarsclass/shean_glaciers_2005.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mars.asu
^ Trough deposits on Mars point to complex hydrologic past . Sciencedaily.com. December 17, 2009. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 28, 2011. @1@ 2

↑ Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.

↑ PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, February 16, 2002

↑ 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.

[1] Phoenicis Lacus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

[2] ttp: //www.mars.asu/christensen/advancedmarsclass/shean_glaciers_2005.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mars.asu

[3] Trough deposits on Mars point to complex hydrologic past . Sciencedaily.com. December 17, 2009. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 28, 2011. @1@ 2

[mapping_mars-4] Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.

[5] PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, February 16, 2002

[6] 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.