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    collectively known as the Tharsis Montes. The tallest volcano on the planet, Olympus Mons, is often associated with the Tharsis region but is actually located...
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    volcanoes (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. The other Tharsis volcanoes are Ascraeus Mons and...
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    and on Jupiter's moon Io. Map of the Tharsis quadrangle showing major features, several of which are tholi. Tharsis contains many volcanoes, including Olympus...
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  • The volcanic activity of Mars is concentrated in two major provinces: Tharsis and Elysium. Each province contains a series of giant shield volcanoes...
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    Volcano (section Lava domes)
    2007.10.023. Brož, P.; Hauber, E. (2012). "A unique volcanic field in Tharsis, Mars: Pyroclastic cones as evidence for explosive eruptions". Icarus....
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    Skymania. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012. de Vera, J.-P.; Kohler, Ulrich (April 26, 2012). "The adaptation potential of...
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    Martian mantle that thickened the crust of the Southern Highlands and formed Tharsis or by a giant impact that excavated the Northern Lowlands. Valles Marineris...
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  • In addition, Venus has unusual types of volcanoes: pancake domes and scalloped margin domes. Most small volcanoes on Venus are nameless. Due to the low...
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    subsurface water ice" as well as construction materials to build transparent domes for initial agricultural areas. The rise of reusable launch vehicles in...
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  • saw no canals, the outstanding photos of Mars taken at the new Baillaud dome at the Pic du Midi observatory also brought formal discredit to the Martian...
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    Yin, A. (2012). "An episodic slab-rollback model for the origin of the Tharsis rise on Mars: Implications for initiation of local plate subduction and...
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  • Imke de Pater, Jack J. Lissauer, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-85371-2, pg.6 Cambridge University Press, "Planetary Sciences, Second Edition", Imke de Pater,...
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    Cebrenia quadrangles, is the second largest volcanic region on Mars, after Tharsis. The region includes the volcanoes (from north to south) Hecates Tholus...
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    saw no canals, the outstanding photos of Mars taken at the new Baillaud dome at the Pic du Midi observatory also brought formal discredit to the Martian...
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    station were constructed out of wood and assembled on July 23 and July 24. The dome roof of the station was assembled July 24, 25 and 26th. This completed the...
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    habitat construction, hard-plastic radiation and abrasion-resistant geodesic domes could be deployed on the surface for eventual habitation and crop growth...
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    ago. Noachian age surfaces are scarred by many large impact craters. The Tharsis bulge volcanic upland is thought to have formed during this period, with...
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    Cebrenia quadrangle. In planetary nomenclature, a "tholus" is a "small domical mountain or hill". Hecates is named after Hecate, the goddess of the ghost-world...
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  • the previous image. Box represents size of football field. Lava flow in Tharsis quadrangle, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program Close-up of lava flow...
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    MC-05 Ismenius Lacus MC-06 Casius MC-07 Cebrenia MC-08 Amazonis MC-09 Tharsis MC-10 Lunae Palus MC-11 Oxia Palus MC-12 Arabia MC-13 Syrtis Major MC-14...
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    MC-05 Ismenius Lacus MC-06 Casius MC-07 Cebrenia MC-08 Amazonis MC-09 Tharsis MC-10 Lunae Palus MC-11 Oxia Palus MC-12 Arabia MC-13 Syrtis Major MC-14...
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