Mantle

Mars tremors and recent volcanism suggest Mars still has a mantle plume

Mars tremors and recent volcanism suggest Mars still has a mantle plume

Enlarge / One of the faults in the Cerebrus Fossae region, potentially created by stretching of the crust driven by a mantle plume. The Mars InSight lander included the first seismograph placed on the Red Planet, and it captured everything from earthquakes to impacts and provided plenty of new information about Mars’ interior. But perhaps …

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Surprising Martian Discovery: Massive Mantle Plume Pushing Mars Surface Up

Surprising Martian Discovery: Massive Mantle Plume Pushing Mars Surface Up

An artist’s impression of an active mantle plume – a large mass of hot, floating rock – rising from deep within Mars and pushing Elysium Planitia, a plain in the planet’s northern lowlands. The volcanism at Elysium Planitia originates from the Cerberus Fossae, highlighted in red, a collection of young fissures that stretch more than …

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