Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury
The Michelangelo quadrangle of Mercury (H12) encompasses the area between latitudes 22.5°S–65°S and longitudes 180°E–270°E. The quadrangle covers almost 6.5% of the planet’s surface with a total area of almost 5 million km2. Geologic contacts and linear features were drawn at a mapping scale between...
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| author | Salvatore Buoninfante Valentina Galluzzi Luigi Ferranti David A. Rothery Harald Hiesinger Laura Guzzetta Felix Prüße Benjamin Man Annie R. Lennox Alistair Blance Maurizio Milano Pasquale Palumbo |
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| description | The Michelangelo quadrangle of Mercury (H12) encompasses the area between latitudes 22.5°S–65°S and longitudes 180°E–270°E. The quadrangle covers almost 6.5% of the planet’s surface with a total area of almost 5 million km2. Geologic contacts and linear features were drawn at a mapping scale between 1:300,000 and 1:600,000, based on photointerpretation of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) imagery. We distinguish three geomorphological plains units (smooth, intermediate, and intercrater plains) and, based on their degradation state, three morpho-stratigraphic classes of craters with diameter ≥ 20 km. The surface of this quadrangle is dominated by intermediate plains and by degraded crater materials of class c2. The geological map at 1:3,000,000 scale improves the existing 1:5,000,000 map based on Mariner-10 data. This work is a contribution to the Mercury geological map series planned to foster observational strategies of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f462e4d073584ed1888f3d95ee6a7c812025-01-27T16:32:26ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Maps1744-56472025-12-0121110.1080/17445647.2025.2451791Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), MercurySalvatore Buoninfante0Valentina Galluzzi1Luigi Ferranti2David A. Rothery3Harald Hiesinger4Laura Guzzetta5Felix Prüße6Benjamin Man7Annie R. Lennox8Alistair Blance9Maurizio Milano10Pasquale Palumbo11Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse (DiSTAR), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, ItalyIstituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS), INAF, Rome, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse (DiSTAR), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, ItalySchool of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKInstitut für Planetologie, Universität Münster, Münster, GermanyOsservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, INAF, Catania, ItalyInstitut für Planetologie, Universität Münster, Münster, GermanySchool of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKSchool of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKSchool of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKDipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse (DiSTAR), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, ItalyIstituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS), INAF, Rome, ItalyThe Michelangelo quadrangle of Mercury (H12) encompasses the area between latitudes 22.5°S–65°S and longitudes 180°E–270°E. The quadrangle covers almost 6.5% of the planet’s surface with a total area of almost 5 million km2. Geologic contacts and linear features were drawn at a mapping scale between 1:300,000 and 1:600,000, based on photointerpretation of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) imagery. We distinguish three geomorphological plains units (smooth, intermediate, and intercrater plains) and, based on their degradation state, three morpho-stratigraphic classes of craters with diameter ≥ 20 km. The surface of this quadrangle is dominated by intermediate plains and by degraded crater materials of class c2. The geological map at 1:3,000,000 scale improves the existing 1:5,000,000 map based on Mariner-10 data. This work is a contribution to the Mercury geological map series planned to foster observational strategies of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2025.2451791MercuryGeological map seriesMichelangelo quadrangleH12 |
| spellingShingle | Salvatore Buoninfante Valentina Galluzzi Luigi Ferranti David A. Rothery Harald Hiesinger Laura Guzzetta Felix Prüße Benjamin Man Annie R. Lennox Alistair Blance Maurizio Milano Pasquale Palumbo Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury Journal of Maps Mercury Geological map series Michelangelo quadrangle H12 |
| title | Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury |
| title_full | Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury |
| title_fullStr | Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury |
| title_short | Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury |
| title_sort | geology of the michelangelo quadrangle h12 mercury |
| topic | Mercury Geological map series Michelangelo quadrangle H12 |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2025.2451791 |
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