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Late Tharsis formation and implications for early Mars

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  • Sylvain Bouley

    (GEOPS—Géosciences Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Rue du Belvédère
    Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides, UMR8028)

  • David Baratoux

    (Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, Université de Toulouse III UMR 5563
    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement et Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire)

  • Isamu Matsuyama

    (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona)

  • Francois Forget

    (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

  • Antoine Séjourné

    (GEOPS—Géosciences Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Rue du Belvédère)

  • Martin Turbet

    (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

  • Francois Costard

    (GEOPS—Géosciences Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Rue du Belvédère)

Abstract

By calculating the rotational figure of Mars and its surface topography before the Tharsis volcanic region caused true polar wander, it is shown that Tharsis formed during the Noachian and Hesperian periods at about the same time as the valley networks; early Mars climate simulations suggest icy precipitation in a latitudinal band in the southern hemisphere.

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  • Sylvain Bouley & David Baratoux & Isamu Matsuyama & Francois Forget & Antoine Séjourné & Martin Turbet & Francois Costard, 2016. "Late Tharsis formation and implications for early Mars," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7594), pages 344-347, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:531:y:2016:i:7594:d:10.1038_nature17171
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17171
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    1. A. Lagain & G. K. Benedix & K. Servis & D. Baratoux & L. S. Doucet & A. Rajšic & H. A. R. Devillepoix & P. A. Bland & M. C. Towner & E. K. Sansom & K. Miljković, 2021. "The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.

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