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Eruption Characteristics of Long Lava Flows on the Northern Flank of Elysium Mons, Mars
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Tatsumura, Michelle J. Mouginis-Mark, Peter J. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Abstract | Introduction. High resolution Viking images of long lava flows on the northern flank of Elysium Mons present an opportunity to examine and constrain eruption characteristics through observations of flow lengths, widths, thicknesses, and general morphologies (Figure 1). Because of the long lengths of the flows (in excess of 300 km for the whole flow field) which is somewhat unusual for Mars, we consider whether the flows represent vigorous and voluminous eruptions or alternatively, were slowly emplaced over years to decades [I]. Previous work has also suggested that the eruptions were "pulsing" so as to produce lava flow segments that emerge from the upslope segment before it [I]. In this work, we present flow data, from which we derive possible eruption characteristics that formed this flow field and conclude that the lavas were emplaced at relatively high effusion rates. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1995/pdf/1698.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
