The geologic development of Mars - A review

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Jun 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976ssrv...19....3m&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, vol. 19, June 1976, p. 3-57.

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Flyby Missions, Geological Surveys, Mars (Planet), Terrain Analysis, Viking Mars Program, Mars Surface, Planetary Mantles, Planetary Structure, Tectonics, Vertical Distribution, Viking Lander Spacecraft, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft

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The overall view of Mars has changed from earthlike in the prespacecraft era to moonlike following the flyby missions and finally to a planet with intermediate characteristics. There are many impact craters as on the moon, but tectonic and volcanic features resembling structures on earth are also present. However, there is a lack of evidence for the compressional deformation associated with terrestrial plate tectonics and continental drift. Current analyses indicate that Mars has a differentiated interior with a crust and mantle and perhaps a core. Whenever the nature of interior processes, whether overall mantle expansion, plumes, or full-scale convection, the effects at the surface have been predominantly vertical with formation of broad regions of uplift and depression. One of the results is hemispheric asymmetry with cratered terrain in the south and younger uncratered plains in the north.

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