1. By: Jacob, Chad, Breana, Kayla, Micah, Nick
Lava Flows on Mars
By: Jacob, Chad, Breana, Kayla, Micah, Nick

2. Research Question Why is our Question Important?
How will scientist benefit from this information?

3. Research Question How far does lava flow from the volcanoes on Mars?
We think our research question is important because it would determine how far the lava will flow whenever a volcano erupts.
This will benefit scientist because it will determine how Mars grows and at what rate.
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4. Hypothesis

5. Hypothesis
Group’s Hypothesis: The size of the volcano will determine how far the lava flows. For example if the volcano is big the lava flow will be big as well.

6. Background Information

7. How are volcanoes on Mars Formed?
From countless eruptions overtime the lava creates layers of rock over and over and creates a large crater where the lava erupts from

8. Background information
Mar’s has the largest shield volcanoes in the solar system.
Volcanism occurs mostly within three regions of Mars these regions are Tharsis, Elysium, and the Hellas.
Mars has a wide range of volcanic features.
These volcanic features include large volcanic cones, unusual Patera structures, mare-like volcanic plains, and a number of other small features.
Volcanism on Mars is very old.
The most biggest volcanoes are located on huge uplifts or domes in the Tharsis and Elysium regions of Mars.
Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the Tharsis region.
The Martian Volcanoes flows are much larger then terrestrial volcanoes

9. Background Information (cont.)
Inside a volcano there is a pocket of magma beneath the surface and one or more cracks through which the magma forces its way out.
The magma moves upward through a pipe or a long tube in the ground that connects to the magma chamber to the earths surface
A lava flow is the area covered by lava as it pours out of the vents
When a volcano erupts, the expanding gases pushes the magma from the magma chamber throughout the pipe until it explodes out

10. Methods

11. Methods Volcanoes and lava flows NASA’s Mars Odyssey THEMIS Camera
Spacecraft
NASA’s Mars Odyssey
Camera
THEMIS Camera
Image Type
Visible images-to see details within the crater
MOLA-to see context of image and depth
Geologic Features
studied
Volcanoes and lava flows
Geographic regions
we focused on
All of Mars

12. THEMIS image is 18 km by 63 km we estimated the length
Methods (continued)
Sample Size
We have 58 images total
Categories of Data
to be collected and
“Why”
THEMIS Image ID: this tells you exactly which image that
is on Mars
Latitude and longitude: We need them to describe exactly
where a point is on Earth.
Length of Lava Flow: We will need to use this information
to determine the length of the lava flow from a volcano
MISC. Observation: this shows some other characteristics
the image had such as craters or channels.
Measurements
THEMIS image is 18 km by 63 km we estimated the length
Of the lava flow.

13. Data Observations V27050006 258.8 -16.4 17 KM Craters in lava
257.3
14.5
18 KM
Looks like tubes I
242
-20
26 KM
Destroyed Craters V
147.2
24.3
Volcano V
240.8
-21.1
63 KM
Rocky Terrain V
250 16
65 KM V
248 17
64 KM
Little Craters
V km half of big craters on side V
140.9
35.2
stream in middle
one large line of lava in center

14. Data Observations cont.
I KM Very Clear
VO O2KM Wind Streaks
I KM Craters
V KM Looks Like Desert
V canyons and trenches near volcano
V Whole area coverd in lava flows
V Small crater in middle
V One crater and lava flows
V Carters and huge lava flow
V layers with lava flows
V Craters with ejecta blanket
V Layer near destroyed craters

15. Data Observations cont.
V km lava layers
V km lava streaks
V km mini volcano
V km Big crater
V km Channels
V km has dust devils
T KM Channels
VO KM Channels
V O2KM Dust Devils
V KM Wind Streaks
V KM Channels
V KM Cracks

16. Mola Mars Map

17. Length of Lava Flow

18. Conclusion What did your group learn from the data collected?
We learned that the average amount and the most common length of lava flow is around 18km.
What would you do differently to make your investigation better?
I would maybe take a better scale of the volume of the volcanoes so my answer would be more wholesome.
Explain what scientific questions could branch off of this study to further scientific research about mars.
Some scientific questions that could branch off of our research are “ Where are the safe areas in Mars?” This question could branch off of our study because obviously the areas with lava will kill you.

19. Bibliography http://www.solarviews.com/eng/marsvolc.htm