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Rheological analyses of lava flows on MarsResearchers obtained 183 profiles of lava flows on Mars using photoclinometry. These photoclinometric profiles were leveled by adjusting them until the levee crests or bases had the same elevations (depending on the situation). Here, researchers report some of the results of their analysis of 27 flows on the flanks of Alba Patera (3 flows), near the summit of Ascraeus Mons (6 flows), the flanks of Arsia Mons (3 flows), and the flanks of Olympus Mons (15 flows). Results suggest that the flows examined to date are not felsic or ultramafic; rather, they probably range from basalts to basaltic andesites. Thus, the suggestion that flows on Olympus Mons and elsewhere may be more silicic than Hawaiian basalts is supported by the researchers' results. These suggestions are testable with suitable measurements of silica contents of the flows.
Document ID
19920001573
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Moore, H. J. (Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Davis, P. A. (Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1990
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
92N10791
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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