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Article written by Jim Secosky. Jim is a retired science teacher who has used the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Global Surveyor, and HiRISE.

Topographic Map of Diacria Quadrangle Colors relate to elevation
Image of the Diacria Quadrangle (MC-2). The southeastern part is marked by aureole deposits of the largest known volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons

The Diacria quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quadrangle is located in the northwestern portion of Mars’ western hemisphere and covers 180° to 240° east longitude (120° to 180° west longitude) and 30° to 65° north latitude. It is also referred to as MC-2 (Mars Chart-2).^[1] The Diacria quadrangle covers parts of Arcadia Planitia and Amazonis Planitia. The quadrangle covers an approximate area of 4.9 million square km, or a little over 3% of Mars’ surface area.

The Phoenix Lander set down at 68.22° N, 234.25° E (124.75 W). Much of the terrain in the northern Diacria quadrangle probably looks like the scene where Phoenix landed. In this article, some of the best pictures from a number of spacecraft will show what the landscape looks like in this region. The origins and significance of all features will be explained as they are currently understood.

Origin of name

Diacria is the name of a classical albedo features on Mars located at 48° N and 190° E (170 W) on Mars. The feature was named by Greek astronomer E. M. Antoniadi in 1930 after Diacria, the highlands around Marathon, Greece in north-west Attica, Greece. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1958.^[2]

                         Typical features of Diacria quadrangle

Geologic Setting

The Diacria quadrangle is located at the northwestern edge of the Tharsis volcanic plateau. Parts of this region have volcanic and tectonic features related to the huge volcanoes Olympus Mons to the south and Alba Mons to the east. Much of the tectonic features on Mars are caused by the weight of volcanoes stretching the crust.

At present, there is no normal plate tectonic activity on the planet. The northern and western areas of the quadrangle lie in the northern lowland plains of Mars and cover portions of Amazonis Planitia (in the south), Arcadia Planitia (west central), and Vastitas Borealis (in the north). The large crater Milankovič (118.4 km in diameter) is located in the north central portion of the quadrangle at 54.7° N, 213.3° E (146.7 W).

What does the surface look like

Approximate-color photomosaic of cryoturbation polygons due to the Martian permafrost.

View under Phoenix spacecraft Bright regions are probably top of an ice sheet.

Unlike some other places visited on Mars with landers (Viking and Pathfinder), nearly all the rocks near Phoenix are small. For about as far as the camera can see, the land is flat, but shaped into polygons between 2–3 meters in diameter and is bounded by troughs that are 20 cm to 50 cm deep. These shapes are assumed to be caused by ice in the soil expanding and contracting due to major temperature changes. The microscope showed that the soil on top of the polygons is composed of flat particles (probably a type of clay) together with some rounded particles. Also, unlike other places visited on Mars, the site has no ripples or dunes.^[3] Ice is present a few inches below the surface in the middle of the polygons, and along its edges, the ice is at least 8 inches deep. Pictures of the surface under the lander appear to show that the landing rockets have exposed a layer of ice.^[4] ^[5]When the ice is exposed to the Martian atmosphere it slowly sublimates.^[6] That is it changes directly into a gas instead of melting first. Dry ice does this on the Earth. Some dust devils were observed.

Comparison between polygons photographed by Phoenix on Mars...
... and as photographed (in false color) from Mars orbit...
... with patterned ground on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic

Polygonal patterned ground

Polygonal, patterned ground is quite common in some regions of Mars.^[7]^[8] ^[9] ^[10]^[11] ^[12] ^[13] It is aided by the sublimation of ice from the ground. The ice just disappears into the air, instead of first turning into a liquid. Patterned ground often forms in a mantle layer, called “ latitude dependent mantle,” that fell from the sky when the climate was different.^[14] ^[15]^[16] ^[17]

Latitude dependent mantle

Much of the surface of Mars is covered by a thick smooth mantle that is thought to be a mixture of ice and dust. This ice-rich mantle, a few yards thick, smoothes the land. Because there are few craters on this mantle, it is believed the mantle is relatively young. We have discovered that Mars undergoes major climate changes on a regular basis.

Changes in Mars's orbit and tilt cause significant changes in the distribution of water ice. It moves from polar regions down to latitudes equivalent to Texas. During certain climate periods water vapor leaves polar ice and enters the atmosphere. The water returns to the ground at lower latitudes as deposits of frost or snow mixed with dust. The atmosphere of Mars contains a great deal of fine dust particles. Water vapor condenses on the particles, and then they fall down to the ground due to the additional weight of the water coating. When ice at the top of the mantling layer goes back into the atmosphere, it leaves behind dust, which insulates the remaining ice.^[18]

Close view of mantle Because it contains ice, water can be extracted from it for future colonists.

Close view of mantle, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program

Western flank of Alba Mons

The western flank of the Alba Mons volcano makes up the eastern and southeastern edge of the quadrangle. In terms of area, Alba Mons (formerly, Alba Patera) is the largest volcanic feature on Mars. The flank has a very low slope (l° or less) and is characterized by lava flows and an outwardly radiating array of ridges and channels. Some of the channels have a drainage pattern that resembles that formed by rain water on the slopes of terrestrial volcanoes. However, many other channels on the flanks of Alba Mons were clearly formed by flowing lava.^[19] The western flank of the volcano also contains some NW-SE trending grabens (Cyane Fossae). Grabens form when the crust is stretched, resulting in movements along faults. An image from High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) beautifully shows a line of rimless pit craters in Cyane Fossae. The pits may have formed by the collapse of surface materials into open fractures created as magma intruded the subsurface rock to form dikes.^[20]

Cyane Fossae

Pit craters in Cyane Fossae, as seen by HiRISE Pits may have formed by the collapse of surface materials into open fractures or voids.

Acheron Fossae

Near the southeast corner of the quadrangle (37° N, 225° E {135 W}) lies a southward sloping, semicircular block of ancient, heavily cratered, highland crust that is dissected by numerous, arcuate troughs called Acheron Fossae. The troughs are grabens, structures formed when the crust moves downward between two faults. Grabens form in areas where the crust has been pulled apart. This occurs due to the great weight of Martian volcanoes. The Acheron Fossae region is partially covered by volcanic deposits from Alba Mons in the east, geologically young basaltic lava flows or sediments in the west and southeast, and the jumbled, furrowed terrain of Lycus Sulci in the south.^[21]

                                   Wide view of channels in Acheron Fossae, as seen by CTX

Channel in Acheron Fossae, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

Lycus Sulci (Olympus Mons Aureole)

Layers and dark slope streaks in Lycus Sulci, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program Dark slope streaks occur when bright dust moves away and exposes dark underlying rock.

Lycus Sulci (24.6° N, 219° E {141 W}) is the name applied to the northwestern portion of a larger terrain feature that partially encircles the volcano, Olympus Mons, and extends up to 750 km from the giant shield volcano’s base. Shield volcanoes have a very gentle slope, like a shield that is sitting on the ground. This feature, called the Olympus Mons aureole, consists of several large lobes and has a distinctive corrugated or grooved surface texture. East of Olympus Mons, the aureole is partially covered by lava flows, but where it is exposed it goes by different names (Gigas Sulci, for example).The origin of the aureole remains debated, but it was likely formed by huge landslides or gravity-driven thrust faults that sloughed off the edges of the Olympus Mons shield.^[22]

Surface features of Lycus Sulci

                 Flows and channels at the northwest margin of the Lycus Sulci, as seen by CTX

Arcadia Planitia and Southern Vastitas Borealis

North and east of the Erebus Montes are low-lying plains that characterize a large part of the Diacria Quadrangle and of the Martian northern hemisphere in general. Medium resolution Mariner 9 and Viking spacecraft images from the 1970s show that large portions of Arcadia Planitia have an overall blotchy light and dark appearance. At higher resolution, landforms commonly consist of lobate flow fronts; small channel segments; wrinkle-ridge; pedestal craters; and low, isolated volcano-like hills with summit craters.^[23] Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter ( MOLA) images reveal numerous large, shallowly buried craters, suggesting that an old cratered surface lies under a layer of younger material. At the resolution of the Mars Orbital Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft (around several meters per pixel), much of the northern plains has a distinctly stippled, pitted texture that causes the ground to resemble the surface of a basketball or orange rind. This texture is likely caused by a mantle of ice and dust covering the landscape. The small hollows and pits formed as the ice disappeared (sublimed). The geologic history and origin of the northern plains are complex and still poorly understood. Many of the landforms resemble periglacial features seen on Earth, such as moraines, ice-wedged polygons, and pingos. The term "periglacial" refers to features found near glaciers. These periglacial features may be important for tracking down a water supply for future colonists. Arcadia Planitia and Vastitas Borealis likely consist of a hodgepodge of old lava flows, ice-related features, and reworked sediments of diverse origin. Some theorize that the northern plains were once covered by oceans or large lakes. ^[24] ^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28] ^[29] There is even evidence that two tsunamis occurred when asteroids struck an ocean. ^[30] ^[31] However, despite decades of accumulated evidence for a Martian ocean, the idea remains controversial. ^[32]

Surface texture of northern Arcadia Planitia at high resolution.

HiRISE image of Scandia Colles Note "basketball" texture can be seen if this image is enlarged. This texture is caused by mantle of dust over surface.

Expanded Craters

Close view of expanded craters After the impact, ice left the ground and made the crater larger in diameter.

Large impacts often create swarms of small secondary craters from the debris that is blasted out as a consequence of the impact.^[33] Studies of a type of secondary craters, called expanded craters, have given us insights into places where abundant ice may be present in the ground. Expanded craters have lost their rims, this may be because any rim that was once present has collapsed into the crater during expansion or, lost its ice, if composed of ice. Excess ice (ice in addition to what is in the pores of the ground) is widespread throughout the Martian mid-latitudes, especially in Arcadia Planitia. In this region, are many expanded secondary craters that probably form from impacts that destabilize a subsurface layer of excess ice, which subsequently sublimates. With sublimation the ice changes directly from a solid to gaseous form. In the impact, excess ice is broken up, resulting in an increase in surface area. Ice will sublimate much more if there is more surface area. After the ice disappears into the atmosphere, dry soil material will collapse and cause the crater diameter to become larger.^[34] Places on Mars that display expanded craters may indicate where future colonists can find water ice.

Ice exposed in new craters

  Ice exposed in new crater (photo on right shows ice disappearing)

A study reported in the journal Science in 2009 shows that some newly formed craters have excavated clean, water ice from just below the surface in five locations on Mars. ^[35] After a short time, the ice disappears, subliming into the atmosphere. The ice is only a few meters deep. The ice was confirmed with the Compact Imaging Spectrometer (CRISM) on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The ice was found in a total of 5 locations. One of the locations (Site 5) is in the Diacria quadrangle at about 46° N, 182° E (178 W).^[36]^[37] ^[38] This discovery is significant because it shows the presence of subsurface ice at latitudes further south than expected and proves that future colonists on Mars will be able to obtain water from a wide variety of locations. The ice can be dug up, melted, and then taken apart to provide fresh oxygen and hydrogen for rocket fuel. Hydrogen is the powerful fuel used by the space shuttle main engines. Robotic machines may just be sent out to gather water for colonists.

Ice disappering after being exposed by impact.

Dark slope streaks

Dark streaks in Diacria, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor, under the MOC Public Targeting Program. When they age, streaks get lighter in color. When bright dust avalanches down slopes, it uncovers the dark surface below.

Many places on Mars show dark slope streaks on steep slopes, such as impact crater walls. It seems that the youngest streaks are dark and they become lighter with age. Often they begin as a small narrow spot then widen and extend downhill for hundreds of meters. Several ideas have been advanced to explain the streaks. The streaks appear in areas covered with dust. Much of the Martian surface is covered with dust because at more or less regular intervals dust settles out of the atmosphere covering everything. We know a lot about this dust because the solar panels of Mars rovers get covered with dust. The power of the Rovers has been saved many times by dust devils that have cleared the panels and boosted their power.^[39] It is most generally accepted that the streaks represent avalanches of dust. Streaks appear in areas covered with dust. When a thin layer of dust is removed, the underlying surface appears dark. Much of the Martian surface is covered with dust. Dust storms are frequent, especially when the spring season begins in the southern hemisphere. At that time, Mars is 40% closer to the sun. Also, every few years, the entire planet is engulfed in a global dust storm. When NASA's Mariner 9 craft arrived there, nothing could be seen through the dust storm.^[40]^[41] Other global dust storms have also been observed, since that time, including a major one in 2018.

Research, published in 2012 in Icarus, found that some dark streaks were initiated by airblasts from meteorites traveling at supersonic speeds. The team of scientists was led by Kaylan Burleigh, an undergraduate at the University of Arizona. After counting some 65,000 dark streaks around the impact site of a group of 5 new craters, the team discovered patterns. The number of streaks was greatest closer to the impact site. So, the impact somehow probably caused the streaks. Also, the distribution of the streaks formed a pattern with two wings extending from the impact site. The curved wings resembled scimitars, curved knives. This pattern suggests that an interaction of airblasts from the group of meteorites shook dust loose enough to start dust avalanches that formed the many dark streaks. At first it was thought that the shaking of the ground from the impact caused the dust avalanches, but if that was the case the dark streaks would have been arranged symmetrically around the impacts, rather than being concentrated into curved shapes.^[42] ^[43] Dark streaks can be seen in some of the images below and to the left.

                      Young and old dark streaks, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

Dust and dust devil tracks

Dunes and dust devil tracks in the center of Milankovic Crater Dust devils are like tiny tornados, the remove bright dust.

Large portions of the Martian surface are blanketed with bright reddish-brown dust. The dust particles are typically less than 40 micrometres in size and are composed of iron oxide minerals (rust).^[44] Data from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has allowed planetary scientists to estimate the amount of dust cover for broad swaths of the planet.^[45] In general, the Diacria quadrangle is extremely dusty, particularly in Arcadia Planitia and the region around the flank of Alba Mons and the Olympus Mons aureole in the southeastern portion of the quadrangle. A few large patches of relatively low dust cover occur in Amazonis Planitia and in the northwest corner of the quadrangle.^[46] Many areas on Mars, including the Diacria quadrangle, experience the passage of giant dust devils. When a dust devil goes by it blows away the coating of dust and exposes the underlying dark surface. Dust devils have been seen from the ground and high overhead from orbit. They have frequently cleaned the dust off of the solar panels of the two Rovers on Mars, thereby greatly extending their lives.^[47] The twin Rovers were designed to last for 3 months, instead they both lasted more than six years. The pattern of the tracks have been shown to change every few months.^[48] ^[49]

Depressions in Milankovic Crater

Depressions with straight southern walls, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Box indicates part enlarged in images below.

Enlargement of above image of straight walled depression Note that the southern wall is dark compared to the northern wall.

Further enlargement of above image

The triangular depressions visible in Milankovic Crater contain water ice in the straight wall that faces the pole, according to a new study.^[50] This discovery was hailed as a big deal because it means pure water may be easily acquired for future cities on Mars.^[51] Eight sites were found with Milankovic Crater being the only one in the northern hemisphere. This discovery is important because the ice lies under only a meter or two of cover. Research was conducted with instruments on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).^[52] ^[53] ^[54] ^[55] ^[56] The following images are ones referred to in this study of subsurface ice sheets.^[57]

Wide view of part of Milankovic Crater Many depressions here contain ice in their walls.
Close view from a previous image The triangular shape of some depressions are noted. The area in the box is enlarged in following images.
Close view of depression Arrows indicate where there is a very thin, 1-2 meter covering on what is believed to be ice.

Gullies

Wide view of group of gullies, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Note that part of this image is enlarged in the following image.

Martian gullies are small, incised networks of narrow channels and their associated downslope sediment deposits. They are named for their resemblance to terrestrial gullies. First discovered on images from Mars Global Surveyor, they occur on steep slopes, especially on the walls of craters. Usually, each gully has an alcove at its head, a fan-shaped apron at its base, and a single thread of carved channel linking the two, giving the whole gully an hourglass shape.^[58] They are believed to be relatively young because they display few, if any, craters. At first, many researchers believed that the process that cut the gullies involved liquid water. However, many scientists today believe that gullies that are being formed today are from chunks of dry ice moving down slopes.^[59] In the past, water may have been involved though. The pictures below show examples of gullies in Diacria quadrangle.

Close-up of gullies, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. The streamlined shapes were once thought to be caused by running water.

Channels

There is abundant evidence that water once flowed in river valleys on Mars.^[60]^[61] Images of curved channels have been seen in images from Mars spacecraft dating back to the early seventies with the Mariner 9 orbiter.^[62]^[63] ^[64] ^[65] Indeed, a study published in June 2017, calculated that the volume of water needed to carve all the channels on Mars was even larger than the proposed ocean that the planet may have had. Water was probably recycled many times from the ocean to rainfall around Mars.^[66]^[67]

Channel network, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

Channel The right angles of this channel may be due to tectonic forces that made areas of weakness.
Channels
Channel network

Inverted Relief

Inverted relief, inverted topography, or topographic inversion refers to landscape features that have reversed their elevation relative to other features. It most often occurs when low areas of a landscape become filled with lava or sediment that hardens into material that is more resistant to erosion than the material that surrounds it. Differential erosion then removes the less resistant surrounding material, leaving behind the younger resistant material, which may then appear as a ridge where previously there was a valley. Terms such as "inverted valley" or "inverted channel" are used to describe such features.^[68] Inverted relief has been observed on Earth and in many locations on Mars.^[69]

                 Inverted stream channels on crater slope, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

Brain terrain

Brain terrain is common in many places on Mars. It is formed when ice sublimates along cracks. The ridges of brain terrain may contain a core of ice. Shadow measurements from HiRISE indicate the ridges are 4-5 meters high.^[70]

     Close view of brain terrain, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

Close, color view of brain terrain, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

Other scenes in Diacria quadrangle

Ridges that may represent dikes Dikes are caused by magma moving underground
Large and small cracks, as seen by HiRISE After a small crack appears, sublimation along crack surfaces greatly increases the size of the crack. In other words, ice disappears into the air (by the process of sublimation), and then wind removes dust.

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↑ http://spaceref.com/mars/how-much-water-was-needed-to-carve-valleys-on-mars.html
↑ Luo, W., et al. 2017. New Martian valley network volume estimate consistent with ancient ocean and warm and wet climate. Nature Communications 8. Article number: 15766 (2017). doi:10.1038/ncomms15766
↑ Pain, C.F., and C.D. Ollier, 1995, Inversion of relief - a component of landscape evolution. Geomorphology. 12(2):151-165.
↑ Pain, C.F., J.D.A. Clarke, and M. Thomas, 2007, Inversion of relief on Mars. Icarus. 190(2):478–491.
↑ Levy, J., J. Head, D. Marchant. 2009. Concentric crater fill in Utopia Planitia: History and interaction between glacial “brain terrain” and periglacial mantle processes. Icarus 202, 462–476.

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Western flank of Alba Mons

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