Lava may have sculpted Martian plains
The vast northern lowlands on Mars may have been volcanically active as recently as 10 million years ago.
References:
1998. New Mars images show lava flow plates and active dunes. NASA Press Release (Oct. 28). Available at ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressre/1998/98-200.txt.
Further Readings:
Cowen, R. 1998. Did an ocean flatten Mars’ northern half? Science News 153(April 4):218
Sources:
Alfred S. McEwen
University of Arizona
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Space Sciences Building
P.O. Box 210092
Tucson, AZ 85721-0092Timothy J. Parker
California Institute of Technology
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7, 1998, p.
295.
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