Geology of the small Tharsis volcanoes: Jovis Tholus, ULYSSES Patera, Biblis Patera, Mars

Details Geology of the small Tharsis volcanoes: Jovis Tholus, ULYSSES Patera, Biblis Patera, Mars Geology of the small Tharsis volcanoes: Jovis Tholus, ULYSSES Patera, Biblis Patera, Mars

Sep 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994icar..111..246p&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 111, no. 1, p. 246-269

Computer Science

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Calderas, Geochronology, Mars (Planet), Mars Volcanoes, Planetary Evolution, Volcanology, Geomorphology, Mars Craters, Planetary Mapping, Relief Maps, Stratigraphy, Thermal Mapping

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Jovis Tholus, Ulysses Patera, and Biblis Patera, three small volcanoes in the Tharsis area of Mars, provide important insight into the evolution of volcanism on Mars. All three are interpreted to be shield volcanoes, indicating that shield volcansim was present from the outset in Tharsis. Jovis Tholus is the least complex with simple repeated outpouring of lavas and caldera-forming events. Ulysses Patera is dominated by a giant caldera within which is a line of cinder cones or domes suggesting terminal stages of volcanism in which the magma had either significant volatiles or increased viscosity. Biblis Patera is characterized by nested calderas which have expanded by block faulting of the flank; it also exhibits lava flows erupted onto the flanks from events along concentric fractures. These shields are different from the younger Tharsis Montes shields only in terms of the volume of erupted material. The limited shield volume suggests that the magma source which fed the shields was rapidly depleted. The relatively large size ofthe calderas probably results from relatively large, shallow magma bodies rather than significant burial of the flanks by younger lavas. Eruption rates consistent with typical terrestrial basaltic eruptiuon rates suggest that these volcanoes were probably built over time spans of 104 to 105 years. Stratigraphic ages range from Early to Upper Hesperian; absolute ages range from 1.9 to 3.4 Ga.

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