Tharsis Superplume(1): Why Superplume?
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/webprogram/Paper16502.html

Maruyama Shigenori, Tokyo Institute of Technology


This abstract for the 2001 Geological Society of America annual meeting applies the superplume concept to explain the origin of the Tharsis shield volcanoes on Mars. (A superplume is a broad zone of mantle upwelling many thousands of km's across).

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Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Geophysics, Structural Geology, Planetary Science