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Science 21 April 1972:
Vol. 176. no. 4032, pp. 279 - 281
DOI: 10.1126/science.176.4032.279
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Mars: The Lineament Systems

Alan B. Binder 1 and Donald W. McCarthy Jr. 2

1 IIT Research Institute, 60 West Giaconda Way, Tucson, Arizona 85704
2 IIT Research Institute and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721

Analysis of the Mariner 4, Mariner 6, and Mariner 7 photographs shows that Mars has at least two distinct types of lineament systems. The most prominent is a well-developed global-type system. The second consists of radial and concentric lineaments associated with the Hellas and south polar basins.

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