Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Apr 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984pggp.rept..301w&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Washington Rept. of Planetary Geology Program, 1983 p 301-303 (SEE N84-23431 13-91)
Mathematics
Logic
Deformation, Mars (Planet), Mars Surface, Mars Volcanoes, Stratigraphy, Image Processing, Radar Geology, Radio Altimeters, Topography
Scientific paper
Studies of the stratigraphy of southwest Coprates have led to further constraints on both the geographic extent and the relative age of the major compressional ridge forming events in the Tharsis region of Mars. Southwestern Coprates is characterized by curvilinear ridges that are regularly spaced, suggestive of harmonic folding. The western edge of the ridged plains unit of Coprates is marked by volcanic flow fronts. In an enhanced Viking-Orbiter image, a ridge can be seen completely surrounded by a flow with only a small portion of the ridge crest still exposed. Comparison of partially buried ridges on the western edge of the ridged plains to those in central Coprates suggests that flooding of the inter-ridge plains does not exceed a few hundred meters. The morphological relationship between the flow units to the west and the ridged plains indicates that the deformational events in this region predates the emplacement of the younger units.
Maxwell Ted A.
Watters Thomas R.
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