ISSN:
1573-0794
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract For the construction of the hypsometric curve of Mars the topographic map of the planet produced by the U.S.G.S. has been utilized. All the areas delimited by isolines and geographic grid have been measured, then summing all the contributions given by the areas included between the same isolines. Such measurements have been effected by means of a solid-state optical image analyzer. A comparative study of the hypsometric curves of the Earth and the Moon shows that, on Mars, several processes of vertical differentiation of the crust started, but did not develop completely owing to the exhaustion of the endogenic forces which determine the surficial dynamics of a planet. A model of the evolution of the Martian crust is discussed in order to justify the shape of the hypsometric curve.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00898431
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