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 …
Mars tremors and recent volcanism suggest Mars still has a mantle plume Read More »
ANN ARBOR, MI – New tests have found dioxane, a probable carcinogen, in a residential drinking water well more than a mile north of the estimated limit of the Gelman plume, pollution that spread in local groundwater for decades. A sample at the Ann Arbor Township home, north of Skyline High School, showed contamination above …
Resident advised to use bottled water after dioxane found north of Ann Arbor plume Read More »
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 …
Surprising Martian Discovery: Massive Mantle Plume Pushing Mars Surface Up Read More »
A plume of scorching hot rock as wide as the continental United States is rising near Mars’ core and could help explain recent volcanism and earthquakes seen on the Red Planet, scientists say. Most volcanism on March occurred during the first 1.5 billion years of its history, leaving behind giant monuments such as Olympus Mons, …
An artist’s impression of an active mantle plume – a large mass of hot, floating rock – rising from deep within Mars and pushing up 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 …
Giant Mantle Plume Reveals Mars Is More Active Than Thought Read More »
