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Free-air and Bouguer gravity anomalies and the Martian crustal dichotomyFree-air and Bouguer gravity anomalies from a 50x50 field, derived from re-analysis of Viking Orbiter and Mariner 9 tracking data and using a 50x50 expansion of the current Mars topography and the GSFC degree 50 geoid as the equipotential reference surface, with the Martian crustal dichotomy are compared. The spherical harmonic topography used has zero mean elevation, and differs from the USGS maps by about 2 km. In this field the dichotomy boundary in eastern Mars lies mostly at -1 to -2 km elevation. Bouguer gravity anomalies are shown on a map of Noachian, Hesperian, and Amazonian age terrains, simplified from current geologic maps. The map is centered at 300 deg W to show the continuity of the dichotomy boundary. Contour interval is 100 mgals. Gravity and topography were compared along approximately 40 profiles oriented parallel to the dichotomy boundary topographic gradient, to determine how the geophysical character of the boundary changes along its length and what this implies for its origin and development.
Document ID
19940007795
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Frey, Herbert
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bills, Bruce G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kiefer, Walter S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nerem, R. Steven
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Roark, James H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Zuber, Maria T.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
94N12267
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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