Volcanic Spreading And Lateral Variations In Structure Of Olympus Mons, Mars
Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 19:35
in Earth & Climate
The immense Olympus Mons volcano on Mars (about 23 km tall and 600 km wide) exhibits a somewhat lopsided structure: elongated to the northwest, shortened to the southeast, with corresponding types of faulting (extensional and compressional, respectively) prevalent in each sector.