Assessment of planetary geologic mapping techniques for Mars using terrestrial analogs: The SP Mountain area of the San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 510-532

  Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a   Skinner Jr , James A ^a   Crumpler, Larry S ^b   Dohm, James M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geologic mapping; Mars analog; Photogeology; San Francisco Volcanic Field

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; COLOR CONTRASTS; CROSS CUTTINGS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FLUVIAL EROSIONS; GAIN INSIGHTS; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GEOLOGIC MAPS; GEOLOGIC MATERIALS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DATASETS; IMAGE DATUM; LATE CENOZOIC; LAVA FLOWS; MAPPING PROJECTS; MAPPING RELATIONS; MARS ANALOG; MARTIAN SURFACES; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; MULTIPLE CONTACTS; NORTHERN ARIZONA; PERMIAN; PHOTOGEOLOGY; PLANETARY SURFACES; REMOTE DATUM; SAN FRANCISCO VOLCANIC FIELD; SPATIAL OVERLAPS; STRUCTURE TYPES; TEST SITES; VOLCANIC ASHES; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

EID: 67349280305     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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