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| Title: |
Recent flood lavas in the Elysium region of Mars
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| Author(s): |
Plescia, J. B.
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| Abstract: |
A volcanic origin is presently suggested for the 'Cerberus Formation' region of smooth plains in the southeastern Elysium region of Mars, on the basis of its surface morphology, lobate edges, vents, and an embayment relation of the unit with adjacent, older units. The low viscosity lavas that filled a topographic depression in southeastern Elysium subsequently flowed into western Amazonic Planitia via channels formed by an earlier fluvial episode. A young, upper Amazonian dating is indicated by crater frequencies and stratigraphic relations, implying that large-scale eruptions of low-viscosity lava were still possible late in Martian history.
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| NASA Center: |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| Publication Date: |
Dec 1, 1990
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| Document Source: |
Other Sources |
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| Document ID: |
19910036014
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| Accession ID: |
91A20637
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| Publication Information: |
Icarus, 88, 465-490, ISSN 0019-1035, Number of Pages = 26 |
| Keywords: |
LAVA; MARS CRATERS; MARS SURFACE; VOLCANOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETARY GEOLOGY; PLANETARY MAPPING;
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| Notes: |
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 88, Dec. 1990, p. 465-490. |
| Accessibility: |
Unclassified; Copyright; Unlimited; Publicly available; |
| Updated/Added to NTRS: |
2004-11-03 |
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