Mars Global Surveyor Magnetic Field Experiment
The Global Magnetic Field of Mars and Implications
for Crustal Evolution Figure 4
Connerney, J.E.P., M.H. Acuña, P.J. Wasilewski, G. Kletetschka,
N.F. Ness, H. Rème, R.P. Lin, and D.L. Mitchell
Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, Iss. 21, pp. 4015-4018, 1 Nov 2001.
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Figure 4. Topographic map of Mars from the MGS MOLA investigation with contours of constant radial magnetic field (black:negative, white:positive) as in Fig. 1. Elevation relative to a reference surface (yellow) range up to 8 km negative (yellow, green, light blue, dark blue) and 8 km positive (yellow, red, white). Crustal magnetization appears largely confined to the ancient southern highlands. Regions of extensive volcanism (e.g., Olympus Mons, Tharsis Montes) are non-magnetic as are regions surrounding the large impact basins Hellas and Argyre.
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