Ancient volcano-tectonic structures of the Olympus Mons Region, Mars

Details Ancient volcano-tectonic structures of the Olympus Mons Region, Mars Ancient volcano-tectonic structures of the Olympus Mons Region, Mars

Apr 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984pggp.rept..293m&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Washington Rept. of Planetary Geology Program, 1983 p 293-295 (SEE N84-23431 13-91)

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Craters, Fracture Mechanics, Mars (Planet), Mars Surface, Mars Volcanoes, Tectonics, Displacement, Geological Faults, Mapping

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Two old volcano-tectonic collapse structures are exposed north and northeast of the huge shield volcano, Olympus Mons. They are semicircular and were probably low shield volcanoes similar to Alba Patera, but whose central portions have subsided or collapsed. They form the basement upon which younger volcanic materials of Alba Patera Olympus Mons have been emplaced. The oldest structure, Acheron Fossae is over 700 km across and is north of Olympus Mons. It has a surface of considerable relief broken by graben and extensive en echelon and parallel fractures and faults with varied displacements. Acheron Fossae is the most densely cratered in the Olympus Mons region. The structure must have formed very early in martian time. The second is Halex Fossae, northeast of Olympus Mons. Where exposed, it is cut by a series of arcuate grabens that become closer spaced toward its center. The radii of the fractures indicate that the structure may be at least 250 km across and centered beneath the Olympus Plains. Lava flows appear to have issued from some of the arcuate fractures and to have flowed radially away from the center of Halex Fossae. North of Halex Fossae, material of the same age as Halex Fossae overlaps Acheron Fossae.

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