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Razon , Ana Sy, Katrina. Olympus Mons: Giant Volcano of Mars. Olympus Mons. Latin for Mount Olympus Largest volcano in the solar system Visible when trying to view Mars Identified as a shield volcano Built up from eruptions largely of fairly fluid basaltic lava
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Razon, Ana Sy, Katrina Olympus Mons: Giant Volcano of Mars
Olympus Mons • Latin for Mount Olympus • Largest volcano in the solar system • Visible when trying to view Mars • Identified as a shield volcano • Built up from eruptions largely of fairly fluid basaltic lava • Youngest of the large volcanoes on Mars • Formed during Mar’s Amazonian Period • May still be an active volcano with the potential to erupt
Olympus Mons • Located in Mars's western hemisphere • 624 km (374 mi) in diameter • 25 km (16 mi) high • Rimmed by a 6 km (4 mi) high scarp • 80 km (50 mi) wide caldera located at the summit
Size • Volcanoes in Tharsis region are 10 to 100 times larger than those on Earth • Longer lava flows on the Martian surface • Higher eruption rates • Lower surface gravity • Stability of the Martian crust • Long accumulation time
Olympus Mons Mt. Everest 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level Mauna Loa 10 km (6.3 mi) high and 120 km (75 mi) across
Crust Earth Mars • It does not have tectonic plates. • The crust remains stationary and the lava piles up in one, very large volcano. • Hotspots remain stationary but crustal plates are moving above them • Hawaiian islands result from northwesterly movement of the Pacific plate over a stationary hotspot producing lava.
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