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Young flood lavas in the elysium region, mars
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Plescia, J. B. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | The nature and origin of a smooth plains unit (the Cerberus Plains) in southeastern Elysium and western Amazonis are reported. The interpretation that the Cerberus Plains resulted from flood plains style volcanism late in martian history is presented which carries implications for martian thermal history and volcanic evolution of a global scale. Although central construct volcanism (e.g., Olympus Mons) has long been recognized as occurring late in time, flood volcanism has not. Flood volcanism has been suggested as the origin of the ridged plains units (e.g., Lunae Planum, Solis, and Sinai Planum). This type of volcanic activity generally occurred early, and in Tharsis, the style of volcanism evolved from flood eruptions into centralized eruptions which built the large Tharsis Montes and Olympus Mons shields. Volcanism in the Elysium region seems to have followed a similar trend from flood eruptions to central construct building. But, the Cerberus Plains indicate that the volcanic style returned to flood eruption again after central constructional volcanism had ended. |
| File Size | 1173315 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910013687 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7fr4sj2h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Landforms Geomorphology Lava Planetary Geology Mars Planet Volcanology Mars Surface Plains Mars Volcanoes Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
