Topography of the shield volcano, Olympus Mons on Mars
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By: S.S.C. Wu, P. A. Garcia, R. Jordan, F.J. Schafer, and B.A. Skiff
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Abstract
Olympus Mons, one of the largest known shield volcanoes in the Solar System, covers an area of >3.2 ?? 105 km2and has a diameter of >600 km, excluding its vast aureole deposits. The structure is five times larger than the largest shield volcano on the Earth. It is situated on the north-west flank of the Tharsis volcanic region, a broad topographic rise on the martian surface. The volcano has three physical subdivisions: the summit caldera, the terraced upper flanks, and the lower flanks, which terminate in a scarp 2-10 km high that nearly surrounds the structure. A large block of images of the Tharsis region, including Olympus Mons, was obtained by the Viking mission1. Here we present a topographic map of Olympus Mons, compiled using various combinations of stereo pairs of these images, together with stereoscopic perspective views generated by image processing techniques. ?? 1984 Nature Publishing Group.
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Wu, S., Garcia, P.A., Jordan, R., Schafer, F., Skiff, B., 1984, Topography of the shield volcano, Olympus Mons on Mars: Nature, v. 309, no. 5967, p. 432-435, https://doi.org/10.1038/309432a0.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Topography of the shield volcano, Olympus Mons on Mars |
| Series title | Nature |
| DOI | 10.1038/309432a0 |
| Volume | 309 |
| Issue | 5967 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Nature |
| First page | 432 |
| Last page | 435 |