Geologic Map of the Ascraeus Mons Volcano, Mars

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1497z&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1497

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Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Flows: Lava, Pavonis Mons, Tharsis Montes

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Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost of the three aligned shield volcanoes that comprise the Tharsis Montes on Mars. Geologic mapping of the Tharsis Montes has been supported through the Mars Geologic Mapping program of NASA; here we report on the results obtained for Ascraeus Mons. Ascraeus Mons was initially mapped at 1:500,000 scale on four adjacent Mars Transverse Mercator (MTM) sheets, which covered the entire volcano and the surrounding materials. The four individual maps were then digitized and subsequently combined using ARC/Info commercial software. The final composite map is presented at a scale of 1:1,000,000, making it consistent with the already published composite maps of Arsia and Pavonis Montes. Mapping of Ascraeus Mons has revealed a more complex history for this volcano than is shown on previous published maps. The eastern flank is superposed by lavas originating from embayments cut into the southern flank; the contact between the shield flows and the superposed lavas is ~2 km higher here than the comparable contact on the western flank. The western flank is intensely modified by linear coalescing collapse features, some of which were sources for late-stage lavas. This result indicates that effusive activity continued well beyond the shield construction stage, leading to degradation of shield materials on the lower western flank. N-S-oriented graben west of the volcano formed within a topographic low that affected lava flow orientations in the region, but which does not show up on published topographic maps. A lobe-shaped deposit occurs west of the volcano, similar to features west of Arsia and Pavonis Montes, but here they are much smaller than those to the south. The lobe deposits include both effusive and modified materials, all of which is deformed by curious arcuate graben. Clearly this volcano had an intriguing and protracted history, now revealed through detailed geologic mapping efforts.

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