The Long Lava Flows of Elysium Planitia, Mars

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..913m&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 913

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Elysium Mons, Elysium Planitia, Lava Flows, Mars, Volcanism

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The existence of several unusually long (>100 km) lava flows to the north of Elysium Mons, Mars, has been previously reported. Further mapping of the same flow field is reported here, since it is now seen to include a total of 59 individual lava flows that range in length from 12 to 246 km. These flows are located predominately to the north and west of Elysium Mons, in the region between 26 degrees - 34 degrees N, 207 degrees - 224 degrees W. The flows are of interest for several reasons: a) they can be used to infer the distribution of dikes within the perimeter of Elysium Mons; b) some flows are very long compared to Quaternary terrestrial lava flows and so provide morphologic clues to the emplacement process of these unusual terrestrial examples; and c) they may place real-life constraints on recent numerical models that predict the formation of long lava flows via tube-fed eruptions.

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