Spectral and Morphological Analysis of Daedalia Planum Lava Field

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Dec 2008

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #P43A-1385

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5480 Volcanism (6063, 8148, 8450)

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Daedalia Planum is one of the Tharsis volcanic plains and is located southwest of the Arsia Mons. According to MOLA data, the flanks of Arsia have an average slope < 5°, while the surrounding regions, including Daedalia Planum, have slopes < 0.5° and commonly < 0.1°. MOC and THEMIS images show a plain covered by a huge number of lava flows. Older and larger lava flows on the field have a length greater than 1500, even if determining their absolute length is difficult as subsequent lava flows have buried the source vents. MEX/OMEGA data reveal that Daedalia Planum lavas have a spectral shapes comparable to those observed in laboratory for rock slabs of Earth's basalts. Moreover most of the Daedalia flows are associated to wrinkly and ropy surfaces, typical of pahoehoe lavas. The Daedalia Planum flow surfaces show several morphological features that remember the inflation fingerprints. This suggests that also Daedalia Planum could have been interested by inflation. However these features appear dissimilar to inflation forms on Elysium Planitia flows. Different degrees of erosion could explain such dissimilarities. In particular Daedalia Planum flow surfaces appear heavily modelled by wind erosion whereas the Elysium Planitia features seem fresher. The different age between the two areas support this hypothesis. Our crater counting dated the most recent Daedalia Planum flows to about 230 Myr , by contrast the Elysium Planitia lava flows range from 100 to 10 My. In conclusion, the inflation process on Martian flows could be more frequent than previously supposed and, consequently, effusion rates and rheological properties of Martian lavas more variable.

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