Polar Wander of Mars Driven by Degree-1 Mantle Convection and Its Implications for the Formation of the Crustal Dichotomy and the Tharsis Rise

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Mar 2006

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37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13-17, 2006, League City, Texas, abstract no.1206

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The geoid associated with degree-1 mantle convection places the plume at
the equator, forming an east-west crustal dichotomy. A 30 km lithosphere
makes the geoid negative, moving the plume to the pole, and the
dichotomy to its present position.

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