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

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posted on 2023-12-21, 15:49 authored by Peter FawdonPeter Fawdon, Csilla Orgel, Solmaz Adeli, Matt BalmeMatt Balme, Fred Calef, Joel M. Davis, Alessandro Frigeri, Peter Grindrod, Ernst Hauber, Laetitia Le Deit, Damien Loizeau, Andrea Nass, Cathy Quantin-Nataf, Elliot Sefton-NashElliot Sefton-Nash, Nick Thomas, Ines Torres, Jorge L. Vago, Matthieu Volat, Sander De WitteSander De Witte, F. (Francesca) Altieri, Andrea Apuzzo, Julene Aramendia, Gorka Arana, Rickbir Bahia, Steven G. Banham, Robert Barnes, Alex BarrettAlex Barrett, Wolf-Stefan benedix, Anshuman Bhardwaj, Sarah Boazman, Tomaso R.R. Bontognali, John Bridges, Benjamin Bultel, Valérie Ciarletti, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Zack Dickeson, Elena FavaroElena Favaro, Marco Ferrari, Frédéric Foucher, Walter Goetz, Albert Haldemann, Elise Harrington, Angeliki Kapatza, Detlef Koschny, Agata Krzesinska, Alice Le Gall, Stephen LewisStephen Lewis, Tanya Lim, J. Madariaga, Lucia Mandon, N. MANGOLD, Joseph McNeilJoseph McNeil, Antonio Molina, Andoni G. Moral, Sara Motaghian, Jack WrightJack Wright, Sergei Nikiforov, Nicolas Oudart, Andrea Pacifici, Adam Parkes BowenAdam Parkes Bowen, Dirk Plettemeier, Pantelis Poulakis, Alfiah Rizky Diana Putri, Ottaviano Ruesch, Lydia Sam, Christian Schröder, Christoph Statz, Rebecca Thomas, Daniela Tirsch, Zsuzsanna Tóth, Stuart TurnerStuart Turner, Martin Voelker, Stephanie Werner, Frances Westall, Barry WhitesideBarry Whiteside, Adam Williams, Rebecca Williams, Maria-Paz Zorzano

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.

This data set contains:

1/ A geodatabase of feature classes for the high resolution geological map

File name: (DATA_MapGeodatabase_v1.gbd).zip
Unzip with: winzip, File explorer, ExpressZip
Opens with: ESRI ArcPro, ESRI ArcMap, QGIS.

2/ The Map sheet (A0) as published in Fawdon et al., 2024 "The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission"

File name: ExoMars_Landingsitemap_v1.pdf
Opens with: Adobe acrobat reader

3/ Shapefiles for the high resolution geological map - [not yet complete, available from the author on request]

Filenames:(TBD.shp).zip
Unzip with: winzip, File explorer, ExpressZip
Opens with: ESRI ArcPro, ESRI ArcMap, QGIS.

4/ AcrPro layer files and symbolization information for the shapefiles - [not yet complete, available from the author on request]

Filenames: TBD.lyrx
Opens with: ESRI ArcPro, ESRI ArcMap, QGIS and other standard gis applications

5/ Raters images (geofit) of the major geological units - [not yet complete, available from the author on request]

Filenames: TBD.tif
Opens with: ESRI ArcPro, ESRI ArcMap, QGIS and other standard gis applications, image processing softwere

Additionally a browsable web-map of the the data is available at https://arcg.is/0y4bSa