The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission

Peter Fawdon, Csilla Orgel, Solmaz Adeli, Matt Balme, Fred J. Calef, Joel M. Davis, Alessandro Frigeri, Peter Grindrod, Ernst Hauber, Laetitia Le Deit, Damien Loizeau, Andrea Nass, Cathy Quantin-Nataf, Elliot Sefton-Nash, Nick Thomas, Ines Torres, Jorge L. Vago, Matthieu Volat, Sander De Witte, Francesca Altieri, Andrea Apuzzo, Julene Aramendia, Gorka Arana, Rickbir Singh Bahia, Steven G. Banham, Robert Barnes, Alexander M. Barrett, Wolf-Stefan Benedix, Anshuman Bhardwaj, Sarah Jane Boazman, Tomaso R. R. Bontognali, John Bridges, Benjamin Bultel, Valérie Ciarletti, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Zach Dickeson, Elena A. Favaro, Marco Ferrari, Frédéric Foucher, Walter Goetz, Albert F. C. Haldemann, Elise Harrington, Angeliki Kapatza, Detlef Koschny, Agata M. Krzesinska, Alice Le Gall, Stephen R. Lewis, Tanya Lim, Juan Manuel Madariaga, Benjamin James Man, Lucia Mandon, Nicolas Mangold, Javier Martin-Torres, Joseph D. McNeil, Antonio Molina, Andoni G. Moral, Sara Motaghian, Sergei Nikiforov, Nicolas Oudart, Andrea Pacifici, Adam Parkes Bowen, Dirk Plettemeier, Pantelis Poulakis, Alfiah Rizky Diana Putri, Ottaviano Ruesch, Lydia Sam, Christian Schröder, Christoph Statz, Rebecca Thomas, Daniela Tirsch, Zsuzsanna Toth, Stuart Turner, Martin Voelker, Stephanie C. Werner, Frances Westall, Barry J. Whiteside, Adam Williams, Rebecca M. E. Williams, Jack Wright and Maria-Paz Zorzano

Journal of Maps, 2024, vol. 20, issue 1, 2302361

Abstract: This 1:30,000 scale geological map describes Oxia Planum, Mars, the landing site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. The map represents our current understanding of bedrock units and their relationships prior to Rosalind Franklin’s exploration of this location. The map details 15 bedrock units organised into 6 groups and 7 textural and surficial units. The bedrock units were identified using visible and near-infrared remote sensing datasets. The objectives of this map are (i) to identify where the most astrobiologically relevant rocks are likely to be found, (ii) to show where hypotheses about their geological context (within Oxia Planum and in the wider geological history of Mars) can be tested, (iii) to inform both the long-term (hundreds of metres to ∼1 km) and the short-term (tens of metres) activity planning for rover exploration, and (iv) to allow the samples analysed by the rover to be interpreted within their regional geological context.

Date: 2024
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