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with cosmogenic ages of about 10.7 Ma, suggesting ejection from Mars by a single impact event. The dates of the igneous rocks of the nakhlites range from 1416 ± 7 Ma to 1322 ± 10 Ma. These dates plus the crater dimensions suggest a growth rate of the source volcano during that interval of
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0.4–0.7 m per Ma, far slower than would be expected for a terrestrial volcano. This implies that Martian volcanism had slowed greatly by that point in history.
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A 6.5 km diameter crater at 29.674 N, 130.799 E, in the volcanic plains to the northwest of Elysium Mons has been identified as a possible source for the
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and the fourth highest in elevation. Its diameter is about 240 km (150 mi), with a summit
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Cohen, B. E.; Mark, D. F.; Cassata, W. S.; Lee, M. R.; Tomkinson, T.; Smith, C. L. (2017).
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about 14 km (8.7 mi) across. It is flanked by the smaller volcanoes
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12.6 km (7.8 mi) 41,338 ft (12,600 m) above plains
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This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a
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This article is about the volcano on Mars. For other uses, see
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Elysium Mons was discovered in 1972 in images returned by the
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This article about the planet Mars or its moons is a
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Elysium (disambiguation)

2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
25°01′N 147°13′E / 25.02°N 147.21°E / 25.02; 147.21
datum
Mariner 9
/ɪˈlɪziəmˈmɒnz/
volcano
Mars
Elysium
25°01′N 147°13′E / 25.02°N 147.21°E / 25.02; 147.21
Martian datum
relief
caldera
Hecates Tholus
Albor Tholus
Mariner 9
Emi Koussi
Chad
nakhlite
Martian meteorites
Viking Orbiter 1 mosaic (1977)
Viking Orbiter 1
Topography of the Elysium Mons area, from MOLA
MOLA
Mars Global Surveyor view of the summit area
Mars Global Surveyor
Rim of Elysium Mons caldera, as seen by HiRISE
HiRISE

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