| Title: |
The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission |
| Authors: |
Fawdon, P; Orgel, C; Adeli, S; Balme, M; Calef, FJ; Davis, JM; Frigeri, A; Grindrod, P; Hauber, E; Le Deit, L; Loizeau, D; Nass, A; Quantin-Nataf, C; Sefton-Nash, E; Thomas, N; Torres, I; Vago, JL; Volat, M; De Witter, S; Altieri, F; Apuzzo, A; Aramendia, J; Arana, G; Bahia, RS; Banham, SG; Barnes, R; Barrett, AM; Benedix, W-S; Bhardwaj, A; Boazman, SJ; Bontognali, TRR; Bridges, J; Bultel, B; Ciarletti, V; De Sanctis, MC; Dickeson, Z; Favaro, EA; Ferrari, M; Foucher, F; Goetz, W; Haldemann, AFC; Harrington, E; Kapatza, A; Koschny, D; Krzesinska, AM; Le Gall, A; Lewis, SR; Lim, T; Madariaga, JM; Man, BJ; Mandon, L; Mangold, N; Martin-Torres, J; McNeil, JD; Molina, A; Moral, AG; Motaghian, S; Nikiforov, S; Oudartbn, N; Pacifici, A; Bowen, AP; Plettemeier, D; Poulakisbr, P; Putri, ARD; Ruesch, O; Sam, L; Schroder, C; Statz, C; Thomas, R; Tirsch, D; Toth, Z; Turner, S; Voelkercd, M; Werner, SC; Westall, F; Whiteside, BJ; Williamsch, A; Williams, RME; Wright, J; Zorzano, M-P |
| Publisher Information: |
Taylor & Francis Group |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Imperial College London: Spiral |
| Description: |
This 1:30,000 scale geological map describes Oxia Planum, Mars, the landing site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. The map represents our current understanding of bedrock units and their relationships prior to Rosalind Franklin’s exploration of this location. The map details 15 bedrock units organised into 6 groups and 7 textural and surficial units. The bedrock units were identified using visible and near-infrared remote sensing datasets. The objectives of this map are (i) to identify where the most astrobiologically relevant rocks are likely to be found, (ii) to show where hypotheses about their geological context (within Oxia Planum and in the wider geological history of Mars) can be tested, (iii) to inform both the long-term (hundreds of metres to ∼1 km) and the short-term (tens of metres) activity planning for rover exploration, and (iv) to allow the samples analysed by the rover to be interpreted within their regional geological context. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
Journal of Maps; http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/114725 |
| DOI: |
10.1080/17445647.2024.2302361 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/114725; https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2302361 |
| Rights: |
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Journal of Maps This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.73E976A4 |
| Database: |
BASE |