Speculations on the origin and evolution of the Utopia-Elysium lowlands of Mars

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Aug 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9514203f&link_type=abstract

(American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America, International Conference on Mars, 4th, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 10-13, 19

Mathematics

Logic

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Impact Damage, Mars Surface, Planetary Crusts, Planetary Evolution, Topography, Astronomical Models, Geology, Lithosphere, Mars Craters, Structural Basins

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This paper proposes a qualitative model for the origin of the Utopia-Elysium northern lowlands on eastern Mars in terms of the long-term evolution of two large overlapping impact basins. The model, which is consistent with both the observed geologic constraints and more quantitative results obtained by numerical modeling of smaller (Orientale-size) impact basins, is shown to qualitatively account for the major topographic variation seen in the Utopia-Elysium region, including the overall 'lowness' of the area and localized depressions.

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