Martian volcanism: Current state of knowledge and known unknowns

PJ Mouginis-Mark, JR Zimbelman, DA Crown, L Wilson… - Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Much has been discovered about volcanism on Mars over the past fifty years of space
exploration. Previous reviews of these discoveries have generally focused on the volcanic …

Geometry and segmentation of Cerberus Fossae, Mars: Implications for marsquake properties

C Perrin, A Jacob, A Lucas, R Myhill… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The NASA InSight mission to Mars successfully landed on 26 November 2018 in Elysium
Planitia. It aims to characterize the seismic activity and aid in the understanding of the …

Analyzing low frequency seismic events at Cerberus Fossae as long period volcanic quakes

S Kedar, MP Panning, SE Smrekar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The InSight Mission began acquiring the first seismic data on Mars in early 2019
and has detected hundreds of events. The largest events recorded to date originate at …

The basal detectability of an ice‐covered Mars by MARSIS

C Grima, J Mouginot, W Kofman… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The detection of anomalously strong relative basal reflectivity beneath the Martian South
Polar Layered Deposits (SPLD) from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and …

Giant dikes and dike-induced seismicity in a weak crust underneath Cerberus Fossae, Mars

S Rivas-Dorado, J Ruíz, I Romeo - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Cerberus Fossae is a long and narrow graben system located approximately 1000 km
southeast of Elysium Mons, Mars. These structures have long been thought to be dike …

[HTML][HTML] Discordance analysis on a high-resolution valley network map of Mars: assessing the effects of scale on the conformity of valley orientation and surface slope …

RS Bahia, S Covey-Crump, MA Jones, N Mitchell - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluvial valleys incised into planetary surfaces display morphologies, geometries and
orientations that can be used to understand their controlling processes. Comparisons …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of dike-induced graben nucleation in the Elysium region, Mars: The role of planetary gravity

S Rivas-Dorado, J Ruíz, I Romeo - Journal of Structural Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
We have studied the processes of dike-induced graben nucleation through the analytical
modeling of the failure sequence, ie, the timing, location, and mode, of the discontinuities …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic development of the Athabasca Valles outflow system from volcanic facies and 15 m scale roughness

RC Miller, C Grima, SPS Gulick, TA Goudge… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Surface roughness properties provide context for geologic terrains, and are commonly
partnered with field-based mapping on Earth and satellite-based photogeologic mapping in …

Glaciovolcanism in the Tharsis volcanic province of Mars: Implications for regional geology and hydrology

JP Cassanelli, JW Head - Planetary and Space Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tharsis region of Mars is a vast volcanic plateau which hosts the immense
Tharsis Montes shield volcanoes. The Tharsis region is suggested by multiple lines of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of surface and subsurface water/ice on spatial distributions of impact crater ejecta on Mars

A Sokołowska, N Thomas, K Wünnemann - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Ejecta blankets around craters on a km-scale show stark differences in the ejecta mobility
(maximal extent of ejecta divided by the crater radius) with latitude and types of plains on …