The ages of martian terrain units relative to each other and to the period of heavy bombardment can be determined based on size vs. frequency plots of impact craters, resulting in relative chronologies. This map shows the age distribution of martian geologic units, ranging from oldest (heavy bombardment) to youngest (post heavy bombardment). From the Ph.D thesis of N. G. Barlow, University of Arizona, 1987 Right
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