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Tag Archives: Thaumasia Planum
HiRISE: Narrow troughs
Narrow troughs. What exactly are the nature of these thin, narrow troughs? They might may be part of a system of dikes that came from the same magma source that fed the whole area in Thaumasia Planum, just south of … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, tectonics, Thaumasia Planum, troughs, University of Arizona, volcanics
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THEMIS: False color on Thaumasia Planum and Coracis Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 6, 2018. Today’s VIS image is located on the margin between Thaumasia Planum and Coracis Fossae. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Coracis Fossae, false color, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, Thaumasia Planum, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Thaumasia Planum in false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 8, 2017. Today’s false color image shows part of the plains of Thaumasia Planum. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, faulting, graben, lava flows, lava plains, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Thaumasia Planum, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Thaumasia’s volcanic clues to Mars evolution
Researcher Don Hood from Louisiana State University and colleagues at collaborating universities studied an unusual region on Mars — an area with high elevation called Thaumasia Planum. They analyzed the geography and mineralogy of this area they termed Greater Thaumasia, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Gamma Ray Spectrometer, GRS, Syria-Thaumasia, Thaumasia Planum, volcanic ash
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Dikes: key link between Thaumasia Planum, Tharsis, and Valles Marineris?
The area called Syria-Thaumasia is a big triangular block of Mars just east of three giant Tharsis volcanos: Arsia, Pavonis, and Ascraeus Montes. Valles Marineris bounds the block on the north, while its southwest and southeast sides are defined by … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons, dikes, olivine, Pavonis Mons, Syria-Thaumasia, Tharsis, Thaumasia Planum, Valles Marineris, volcanism, wrinkle ridges
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