elib
DLR-Header
DLR-Logo -> http://www.dlr.de
DLR Portal Home | Imprint | Privacy Policy | Accessibility | Contact | Deutsch
Fontsize: [-] Text [+]

Late Crustal Growth on Mars: Evidence From Lithospheric Extension

Grott, Matthias (2005) Late Crustal Growth on Mars: Evidence From Lithospheric Extension. AGU Fall Meeting 2005, 2005-12-05 - 2005-12-09, San Francisco, CA (USA).

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Rift valleys on Mars have attracted considerable attention in the last couple of years and recently been observed with the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the Mars Express mission. The images provided by the HRSC cover very large areas (up to 10<sup>5 </sup>km<sup>2</sup>) with high spatial resolution and are an ideal data base for age determinations based on crater statistics. It was thus possible to constrain the time of rifting at the Coracis Fossae in the Thaumasia region to 3.5-3.9 Gyr, the spatial resolution of the images being ~20 m per pixel. Continental extension on Earth proceeds in either narrow rifting, wide rifting or core complex mode, depending on the ambient initial conditions. The type of lithospheric extension at the Coracis Fossae is narrow rifting, the region subject to intense normal faulting narrower than 150 km. We have applied the pure shear model of lithospheric extension to determine the range of initial conditions such as thermal gradient and crustal thickness that allow for narrow rifts to form. Using the constraints posed on the thermal gradient by the flexure of the rift flank, we have determined the crustal thickness at the Coracis Fossae at 3.5-3.9 Gyr. We find that for the given thermal gradient of 27-33 K km<sup>-1</sup> the crustal thickness cannot have exceeded 40 km. This is considerably lower than present day estimates of the crustal thickness in that region and interpreted as an indication for continued crustal production at that time.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/19923/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Title:Late Crustal Growth on Mars: Evidence From Lithospheric Extension
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Grott, MatthiasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:December 2005
Refereed publication:No
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
Status:Published
Keywords:Tectonics, Mars, Regional crustal structure, Continental tectonics: extensional, Planetary tectonics
Event Title:AGU Fall Meeting 2005
Event Location:San Francisco, CA (USA)
Event Type:international Conference
Event Start Date:5 December 2005
Event End Date:9 December 2005
Organizer:AGU
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old)
HGF - Program:Space (old)
HGF - Program Themes:W - no assignment
DLR - Research area:Space
DLR - Program:W - no assignment
DLR - Research theme (Project):W - no assignment (old)
Location: Berlin-Adlershof
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Physics
Deposited By: Grott, Dr.rer.nat. Matthias
Deposited On:07 Dec 2005
Last Modified:24 Apr 2024 19:01

Repository Staff Only: item control page

Browse
Search
Help & Contact
Information
OpenAIRE Validator logo electronic library is running on EPrints 3.3.12
Website and database design: Copyright © German Aerospace Center (DLR). All rights reserved.