Geological Mapping of Mercury's South Polar Quadrangle (H-15)

• Main Authors: Lennox, Annie, Rothery, Dave, Wright, Jack, Balme, Matt, Conway, Susan J.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology; Quadrangle; South Pole; The Quadrangle; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03452416; https://hal.science/hal-03452416/document; https://hal.science/hal-03452416/file/EPSC2021-737-print.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2021-737

International audience Mercury is divided into 15 quadrangles, and the one yet to be mapped using NASA’s MESSENGER mission data is the Bach quadrangle (H-15) at Mercury’s south pole. This region encompasses everything from 65 ° poleward. Prior to this project, the only published map of this quadrang...