NASA NTRS · 20050167190
Tectonic Implications of Mars Crustal Magnetism
Abstract
Introduction: The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has completed three Mars years in nearly circular polar orbit at a nominal altitude of 400 km. The Mars crust is at least an order of magnitude more intensely magnetized than that of the Earth [1], and intriuging in both its global distribution and geometric properties [2,3,4,5]. We present here a new map of the magnetic field with an order of magnitude increased sensitivity to crustal magnetization. The map is assembled from > 2 full years of MGS night-side observations. The increased sensitivity and spatial resolution afforded by this new map invites geologic interpretation akin to that here-to-for reserved for aeromagnetic and ship surveys on Earth.
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Connerney, J. E. P., Acuna, M. H., Kleteschka, G., Ness, N. F., Mitchell, D. L., Lin, R. P.. 2005-01-01. Tectonic Implications of Mars Crustal Magnetism. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20050167190
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