Late Tharsis formation and implications for early Mars

Sylvain Bouley (), David Baratoux, Isamu Matsuyama, Francois Forget, Antoine Séjourné, Martin Turbet and Francois Costard
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Sylvain Bouley: GEOPS—Géosciences Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Rue du Belvédère
David Baratoux: Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, Université de Toulouse III UMR 5563
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

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7594, 344-347

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.

Date: 2016
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