期刊
JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH
卷 185, 期 1-2, 页码 96-102出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.008
关键词
Mars; Tharsis; Tharsis Montes; Pavonis; Arsia; Ascraeus; spatial; alignment; statistics; nearest neighbor; two-point azimuth
资金
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- MDAP [NNX08AY91G]
- NASA
A field of small volcanic vents south of Pavonis Mons was mapped with each vent assigned a two-dimensional data point. Nearest neighbor and two-point azimuth analyses were applied to the resulting location data. Nearest neighbor results show that vents within this field are spatially random in a Poisson sense, suggesting that the vents formed independently of each other without sharing a centralized magma source at shallow depth. Two-point azimuth results show that the vents display north-trending alignment relationships between one another. This trend corresponds to the trends of faults and fractures of the Noachian-aged Claritas Fossae, which might extend into our study area buried beneath more recently emplaced lava flows. However, individual elongate vent summit structures do not consistently display the same trend. The development of the volcanic field appears to display tectonic control from buried Noachian-aged structural patterns on small, ascending magma bodies while the surface orientations of the linear vents might reflect different, younger tectonic patterns. These results suggest a complex interaction between magma ascension through the crust, and multiple, older, buried Tharsis-related tectonic structures. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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