Radar altimetry of South Tharsis, Mars

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Mars Photographs, Mars Surface, Radar Measurement, Radio Altimeters, Topography, Mars Craters, Photointerpretation, Planetology, Probability Density Functions, Radar Antennas, Space Observations (From Earth), Surface Properties, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft, Volcanoes, Mars, Radar, Altimetry, South Tharsis, Features, Altitudes, Flow, Topography, Volcanism, Shields, Size, Diameter, Ridges, Terrain, Distribution, Maps, Photographs, Diagrams, Elevation, Latitude, Longitude, Regions, Characteristics, Surface, Comp

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The paper discusses Martian altitudes measured by radar during the oppositions of 1971 and 1973 using the 64-m antenna at Goldstone, Calif. The resultant topographic profiles substantiate a zonal classification of the volanic flows blanketing the south flanks of Arsia Mons, and they confirm the existence of a secondary, parasitic shield, attached from the SSW to the main Arsia shield. The secondary shield is about 400 km in diameter at its base and at least 4 km high at its center. The distribution and orientation of the lunar mare - like ridges in Sinai Planum appear to be independent of the regional gradients. Segments of the chaotic terrain at the eastern terminus of Valles Marineris are located down to 6 km below the level of the surrounding plains.

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