Martian Tectonics: Why the Global Dichotomy and the Tharsis Uplift

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1345t&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1345

Physics

Crustal Dichotomy, Mars, Tectonics, Tharsis, Volcanism

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Two of the major tectonic features on Mars are the global crustal dichotomy and the Tharsis uplift. One explanation for the dichotomy is that hemispheric subduction occurred during the early evolution of Mars. The lithosphere in the northern hemisphere was subducted one or more times removing the primordial crust. As the planet cooled and the global lithosphere stabilized, heat was lost by continuous volcanism in one region, the Tharsis uplift. This volcanic construct can be best explained by pressure release melting in an ascending limb of a global mantle convection system.

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