Amazonis Planitia

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Plane on mars
Amazonis Planitia
Image detail of the eastern region of Amazonis Planitia. At the lower edge of the picture the lava flows from Olympus Mons are visible.
Image detail of the eastern region of Amazonis Planitia.
At the lower edge of the picture the lava flows from Olympus Mons are visible.
Amazonis Planitia (Mars)
Amazonis Planitia
position 16 ° 0 ′  N , 158 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 158 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W
surface 2,000,000 km²
history
Age 100 million years

Amazonis Planitia is a vast flat region on the planet Mars in Amazonis - degree field . It was named after the Amazons from Greek mythology .

The center of the region is 16 ° north and 158 ° west and has an area of ​​around 2 million km². It lies west of the extinct volcano Olympus Mons .

Amazonis Planitia was formed in the geologically most recent phase of Mars formation, the Amazonian period , which began 1.8 billion years ago. By huge lava eruptions of volcanoes in the Tharsis region -wide levels have been trained. The formation of the Amazonis Planitia is believed to have been completed about 100 million years ago.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amazonis Planitia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  2. ↑ N. Mangold, F. Poulet, JF Mustard, J.-P. Bibring, B. Gondet, Y. Langevin, V. Ansan, Ph. Masson, C. Fassett, JW Head, H. Hoffmann, G. Neukum: Mineralogy of the Nili Fossae region with OMEGA / Mars Express data: 2. Aqueous alteration of the crust . In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets . tape 112 , E8, August 1, 2007, ISSN  2156-2202 , p. E08S04 , doi : 10.1029 / 2006JE002835 ( wiley.com ).
  3. ↑ JF Mustard, BL Ehlmann, SL Murchie, F. Poulet, N. Mangold, JW Head, J.-P. Bibring, LH Roach: Composition, Morphology, and Stratigraphy of Noachian Crust around the Isidis basin . In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets . tape 114 , E2, February 1, 2009, ISSN  2156-2202 , p. E00D12 , doi : 10.1029 / 2009JE003349 ( wiley.com ).

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