Magma generation on Mars - Amounts, rates, and comparisons with earth, moon, and Venus

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Nov 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991sci...254..996g&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 254, Nov. 15, 1991, p. 996-998. Research supported by NASA.

Physics

81

Magma, Mars Volcanoes, Planetary Evolution, Earth (Planet), Lunar Geology, Planetary Mass, Venus (Planet), Volcanology

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Total extrusive and intrusive magma generated on Mars over the last approximately 3.8 billion years is estimated at 654 x 10 exp 6 cubic kilometers, or 0.17 cubic kilometers per year, substantially less than rates for earth (26 to 34 cu/km yr) and Venus (less than 20 cu/km yr) but much more than for the moon (0.025 cu/km yr). When scaled to earth's mass the Martian rate is much smaller than that for earth or Venus and slightly smaller than for the moon.

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