A Mechanism for the Formation and Evolution of Tharsis as a Consequence of Mantle Overturn: Large Scale Lateral Heterogeneity in a Stably Stratified Mantle

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Mar 2005

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36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1768

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Tharsis is considered a consequence of melting of a large scale mantle
heterogeneity following mantle overturn after fractional magma ocean
solidification. Long-lived volcanism does not require a long term heat
flux from the core or magnetic field.

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