Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII (2007) 1373.pdf AMPHITRITES AND PENEUS: NEW INSIGHT INTO HIGHLAND PATERAE. R. Greeley1, D.A. Wil- liams1, R.L. Fergason1, G. Neukum2, D. Baratoux3, P. Pinet3 and the HRSC Co-Investigator Team, 1Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Box 871404, Tempe AZ 85287-1404,
[email protected], 2Institute of Geosciences, Freie Universitaet Berlin, 3DTP/UMR 5562/CNRS/OMP, Toulouse III University, 31400, France. Introduction: Amphitrites, Peneus, Malea, and Pityusa image resolution, coverage, and quality (the at mo s p here are four highland paterae that form a volcanic complex i s frequ en tl y du s t y an d cl ou d y i n th e reg i on ) fo r draped over the south-southwest rim of the Hellas basin. al l fo ur o f t h e feat u res s ou t h wes t o f Hel l as h as HRSC images from Mars Express and THEMIS day time p rod u ced t hei r g eo lo g i cal an alysis. Very high resolu- thermal images from Mars Odyssey show that Amphitrites tion images from the Mars Observer Camera (MOC) have and Peneus paterae are geologically equivalent to Tyrrhena provided tantalizing clues to these features, but isolated cov- and Hadriaca paterae, northeast of Hellas, and (collectively) erage without adequate context make study difficult. Now, are the earliest central-vent volcanoes on Mars. however, images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HR Figure 1. Mosaic of THEMIS day time thermal images (~100 m/pixel) covering Amphitrites (a) and Peneus (b) paterae and the prominent impact craters, such as Barnard (c), Henry Moore (d) and, Chaman (e).