Regional Crustal Thickness Variations on Mars

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..381f&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 381

Physics

Crusts: Structure, Gravity, Mars, Topography

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We generated models of crustal thickness for Mars using both Mars50c and GMM-1 based on the assumption that gravity anomalies are due only to variations in surface and crust/mantle topography and crust and mantle densities are laterally constant, for a range of crust and mantle densities, and assumed average crustal thickness. Here we discuss regional variations in crustal thickness for one such model, with average thickness of 65 km and crust/mantle density contrast 0.5 (crust 3.0, mantle 3.5) gm/cc. Crustal thickness ranges from 140 km below Olympus Mons to less than 10 km below the Hellas and Isidis basins. Crust below Argyre is five times thicker than below Hellas, while that in Elysium is 85 km thick. Most (but not all) heavily cratered terrain is thicker than the crustal average, while most lowlying plains are only 25-45 km thick. Across the crustal dichotomy boundary zone the crustal thickness changes by 25 to 35 km over less than 500 km in some (but not all) places.

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