There's a Giant Magma Plume on Mars, Bulging the Surface out Across a Vast Region

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There's a Giant Magma Plume on Mars, Bulging the Surface out Across a Vast Region
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mission originated in this region. According to the researchers, the only explanation for this was the presence of volcanic activity within the past 53,000 years. While the cause was unknown, another study based on InSight data showed that these marsquakes likely resulted fromTo test this possibility, Andrews-Hanna and his colleagues applied a tectonic model to the area that showed how a plume measuring about 4,025 km in diameter was the only mechanism that could explain Cerberus Fossae.

“In terms of what you expect to see with an active mantle plume, Elysium Planitia is checking all the right boxes. This mantle plume has affected an area of Mars roughly equivalent to that of the continental United States. Future studies will have to find a way to account for a very large mantle plume that wasn’t expected to be there.

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