Geomorphological Map of the Soi Crater Region on Titan
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F23%3A97206" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/23:97206 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007499" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007499</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007499" target="_blank" >10.1029/2022JE007499</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Geomorphological Map of the Soi Crater Region on Titan
Original language description
We mapped the Soi crater region at 1:800,000 scale and produced a geomorphological map using methodology presented by Malaska, Lopes, Williams, et al. (2016), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.021 and Schoenfeld et al. (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114516. This region spans longitude 110 degrees to 180 degrees W and latitude 0 degrees to 60 degrees N and is representative of the transition between the equatorial, mid-latitude, and high-latitude northern regions of Titan. We used Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) as our primary mapping data set. For areas where SAR was not available, we used lower resolution data from the Imaging Science Subsystem, the Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer, radiometry, and high-altitude SAR for complete mapping coverage of the region. We identified 22 geomorphological units, 3 of which have been discussed in existing literature but have not yet been incorporated into our mapping investigations. These include sharp-edged depressions (bse), ramparts (brh), and bright gradational plains (pgh). All six major terrain classes are represented in this region: Craters, Labyrinth, Hummocky/mountainous, Plains, Dunes, and Basin and Lakes. We find that plains dominate the surface of the Soi crater region, comprising similar to 73% of the mapped area, followed by dunes (similar to 14%), mountains/hummocky terrains (similar to 12%), basin and lakes (similar to 0.7%), labyrinth terrains (similar to 0.5%), and crater terrains (similar to 0.4%). We also observe empty lakes as far south as 40 degrees N. The Soi crater region largely has the same collection and proportion of geomorphological units to other mapped regions on Titan. These results further support the hypothesis that surface processes are, broadly speaking, the same across Titan's middle and equatorial latitudes, with the exception of Xanadu.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20705 - Remote sensing
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GJ20-27624Y" target="_blank" >GJ20-27624Y: Synthetic and Comparative Hydrology of Earth, MArs and TitAn (SCHEMATA)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS
ISSN
2169-9097
e-ISSN
2169-9097
Volume of the periodical
128
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
28
Pages from-to
1-28
UT code for WoS article
001000269400019
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85147108932