Plate Tectonism on Early Mars: Diverse Geological and Geophysical Evidence

Authors :: Dohm, J. M
Maruyama, S
Baker, V. R
Anderson, R. C
Ferris, Justin C
Hare, Trent M
Source :: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII.
Publication Year :: 2002
Publisher :: United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2002.
Abstract: Mars has been modified by endogenic and exogenic processes similar in many ways to Earth. However, evidence of Mars embryonic development is preserved because of low erosion rates and stagnant lid convective conditions since the Late Noachian. Early plate tectonism can explain such evidence. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.