Physics
Scientific paper
May 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984natur.309..432w&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 309, May 31, 1984, p. 432-435.
Physics
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Mars Photographs, Mars Volcanoes, Topography, Planetology, Solar System, Thematic Mapping, Volcanology, Mars, Topography, Features, Surface, Shield Volcanoes, Olympus Mons, Size, Diameter, Structure, Tharsis Region, Description, Mapping, Viking Missions, Maps, Images, Image Processing, Techniques, Data
Scientific paper
Olympus Mons, one of the largest known shield volcanoes in the solar system, covers an area of more than 3.2 x 10 to the 5th sq km and has a diameter of more than 600 km, excluding its vast aureole deposits. The structure is five times larger than the largest shield volcano on the earth. It is situated on the north-west flank of the Tharsis volcanic region, a broad topographic rise on the Martian surface. The volcano has three physical subdivisions: the summit caldera, the terraced upper flanks, and the lower flanks, which terminate in a scarp 2-10 km high that nearly surrounds the structure. A large block of images of the Tharsis region, including Olympus Mons, was obtained by the Viking mission. A topographic map of Olympus Mons is presented here, which has been compiled using various combinations of stereo pairs of these images, together with stereoscopic perspective views generated by image processing techniques.
Garcìa Pèrez A.
Jordan Richard
Schafer Francis J.
Skiff Brian A.
Wu Shang-Chen
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