Comments on: Determining whether a Martian crater is impact or volcanic https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/determining-whether-a-martian-crater-is-impact-or-volcanic/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:19:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/determining-whether-a-martian-crater-is-impact-or-volcanic/#comment-1416745 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:19:35 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96128#comment-1416745 In reply to Catch Thirty-Thr33.

Catch Thirty-Thr33: See these images:

https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_046170_2025

https://www.uahirise.org/PSP_001501_2280

https://www.uahirise.org/PSP_001521_2025

]]> By: Catch Thirty-Thr33 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/determining-whether-a-martian-crater-is-impact-or-volcanic/#comment-1416742 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:35:38 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96128#comment-1416742 I gotta admit, a cool image would be one of one of the Viking landers on Mars now.

]]> By: Max https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/determining-whether-a-martian-crater-is-impact-or-volcanic/#comment-1416663 Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:04:06 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96128#comment-1416663 Ariesologist?

The overview picture suggests a small volcanic vent, a “cinder cone“ being a circular mountain without a obvious lava flow… with one large difference, an impact crater where the caldera should be.
I also thought the rocks were consistent with ejecta.
The only other explanation of the flat top small mesas (because of circular shape on the downwind side) Is that these are old fused impact craters in volcanic dust. Millions of years has blown away the finer UV degraded material leaving behind these glassy hard structures that were once the bottom of a crater. Just a guess.

]]> By: GaryMike https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/determining-whether-a-martian-crater-is-impact-or-volcanic/#comment-1416599 Sat, 24 Jun 2023 03:18:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96128#comment-1416599 Martiusist?

]]> By: GaryMike https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/determining-whether-a-martian-crater-is-impact-or-volcanic/#comment-1416597 Sat, 24 Jun 2023 03:15:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96128#comment-1416597 What should we call a Mars geologist?

Dejathorisist?

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/determining-whether-a-martian-crater-is-impact-or-volcanic/#comment-1416569 Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:44:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96128#comment-1416569 Maar craters are probably what held back impact theory–they look like impact craters.

A cinder cone in a Maar might double for a complex crater–who knows?

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