Site 014 - Schiaparelli Crater

Site Name: Schiaparelli Crater

Type of Site: Rover/Sample Return
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Latitude: 5 deg. S
Longitude: 342 deg. W
Elevation: +1.0 to +2.0 km

Maps: MC-20 NW

Viking Orbiter Images: 411B91, 94; 748A01, 14, 16; 17-26 m/pxl
Footprint map and information about all VO images are available.


Date Entered: August 1992
Date Last Revised: April 1993

Contact:
Jim Rice
Department of Geography
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
(602) 965-7533

Geologic Setting

Age of geologic units and sediment: Noachian, Hesperian. Sediment origin: Fluvial. Brazos Valles flows into Schiaparelli Basin from the south and southeast. Lobes of material are observed along the southern half of the crater floor/rim interface.

Scientific Rationale

To be determined.

Objectives

To be determined.

Potential Problems

To be determined.

Trafficability

To be determined.

Estimated Traverse Distance

To be determined.

Papers:

Mouginis-Mark, P.J., V.L. Sharpton, and B.R. Hawke, Schiaparelli Basin, Mars: Morphology, tectonics, and infilling history, Proc. Lunar Planer. Sci. 12A, 155-172, 1981.

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