Publication Date:
2013-08-29
Description:
One way to approach the understanding of the lava flows observed in the Viking images is to use well-documented terrestrial flows and to simulate comparable eruptions adjusted for Martian conditions. The detailed documentation available for several episodes of the 1983 to 1984 PuuOo eruption can be used in combination with an extension of the emplacement theory for solitary lobate flows to simulate comparable eruptions on the surface of Mars. For simplicity, the simulation is restricted to differences in the gravity between earth and Mars.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Lunar and Planetary Inst., NASA MEVTV Program Working Group Meeting: Volcanism on Mars; p 27-29
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