Source Vents for Cerberus Lavas and Water

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Dec 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufm.p31b..12p&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #P31B-12

Physics

5480 Volcanism (8450)

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Source vents for the lavas of the Cerberus Plains have been identified based on analysis of MOLA and MOC data. Two principal types of vents are: low shields and fissure vents. The primary fissure vent (166.9{ ~}E, 7.0{ ~}N) lies along the trend of Cerberus Rupes, but south of the observed fractures. It is a well-defined ridge 120 km long, ~25 m high and 10 km wide. Major flows, 20-30 m thick, extend south up to 160 km. Low shields are observed at the eastern end of this fissure vent and farther west near 160{ ~}E. The low shields are ~50-60 km wide and 50-100 m high. The northwest part of Cerberus Rupes (157{ ~} E, 10.3{ ~}N) is a major source region for water. Here two source areas ~23 km apart occur with a channel system extending southwest. The channel ~15 km wide, 100 m deep and traceable for 350 km before it disappears beneath younger plains units near 152{ ~}E, 6.6{ ~}N. Along its observed length, the average gradient is only about 0.03{ ~}.

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