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<strong>Dataset: </strong><strong>Structural Map of Tectonic Shortening Structures in Chryse Planitia and Arabia Terra, Mars.</strong>

<p dir="ltr">This dataset contains:</p><ul><li><b>READ ME Data guid</b><b>e</b><b> (.txt)</b>.</li><li><b>Shapefile</b><b> (.shp)</b> of tectonic shortening structures in Chryse Planitia and Arabia Terra, Mars (digitised in ArcGIS Pro 2.7.2 software as polylines at a scale of 1:50,000).</li><li><b>Layer file</b><b> (.lyrx)</b> for the symbology of the tectonic shortening structures.</li><li><b>Shapefile</b><b> (.shp)</b> of identified impact ejecta blankets.</li><li><b>Projection file</b><b> (.prj)</b> of a Hotine Oblique Mercator projection (azimuth 37°, centre latitude 23°, centre longitude −20°) using the IAU Mars 2000 Sphere.</li></ul><p dir="ltr">A publication and map sheet accompanying this dataset can be found at:</p><ul><li>Savana Z. Woodley, Peter Fawdon, Matthew R. Balme & David A. Rothery (2023) Map of tectonic shortening structures in Chryse Planitia and Arabia Terra, Mars, Journal of Maps, 19:1, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2251514">10.1080/17445647.2023.2251514</a></li></ul><p dir="ltr">This dataset was gathered using freely available data:</p><ul><li>CTX data is available from the Murray Lab (<a href="https://murray-lab.caltech.edu/CTX/" target="_blank">https://murray-lab.caltech.edu/CTX/</a>) or Mars Image Explorer (<a href="http://viewer.mars.asu.edu/viewer/ctx#T = 0" target="_blank">http://viewer.mars.asu.edu/viewer/ctx#T = 0</a>).</li><li>HRSC data can be downloaded from the Freie Universitat Berlin (<a href="https://maps.planet.fu-berlin.de/#map = 3/2074498.35/0" target="_blank">https://maps.planet.fu-berlin.de/#map = 3/2074498.35/0</a>).</li><li>Data is available from the USGS Astrogeology Science Center for THEMIS (<a href="https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mars/Odyssey/THEMIS-IR-Mosaic-ASU/Mars_MO_THEMIS-IR-Day_mosaic_global_100m_v12" target="_blank">https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mars/Odyssey/THEMIS-IR-Mosaic-ASU/Mars_MO_THEMIS-IR-Day_mosaic_global_100m_v12</a>) and MOLA gridded data (<a href="https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mars/GlobalSurveyor/MOLA/Mars_MGS_MOLA_ClrShade_merge_global_463m" target="_blank">https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mars/GlobalSurveyor/MOLA/Mars_MGS_MOLA_ClrShade_merge_global_463m</a>).</li></ul><p dir="ltr">How to cite:</p><ul><li>Woodley, S. Z., Fawdon, P., Balme, M. R., & Rothery, D. A. (2023). Dataset: Tectonic shortening structures in Chryse Planitia and Arabia Terra, Mars. The Open University. https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.23143217.</li></ul>

Funding

STFC Grant No. ST/V50693X/1

ST/W002736/1

ST/R001413/1

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