Phlegethon Catena

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image is located on the eastern flank of Alba Mons. Linear faults and graben surround the volcano aligned north/south, intersecting and deflected around the summit. The large graben is called Phlegethon Catena. The term catena means a string of craters or circular depressions. The depressions in this image were likely formed by the collapse of the preexisting surface into a subsurface void. Graben are caused by blocks of material that drop down along paired faults.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V72405015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
36.2522
255.129
72405
2018-04-11 00:39
Tue, 2018-07-10
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (68 km)
0.018729 km/pixel
0.0189246 km/pixel

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