Abstract
Traces of subvolcanic and igneous activity are recognized at the surface of the Moon and Mars in visual imagery and topographic data. Constraining the underlying volcanic and igneous plumbing systems (VIPS) is challenging, though, because we are limited to observing from orbit or robotic rover missions with a limited footprint. This talk will discuss cryptic volcanic landforms, such as putative intrusive domes and lunar irregular mare patches, and the most promising mission concepts currently in development to go explore VIPS in our Inner Solar System
(a) Ina-D irregular mare patch on the Moon (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University); (b) Shear strain and cracks around an inflating laccolith in a Discrete Element Method model (Poppe et al., 2024); (c) Cerberus Fossae graben system in Elysium Planitia on Mars (High-Resolution Stereo Camera DEM, ESA/FU Berlin); (d) Permian trachyandesite intrusion deforming sedimentary strata in the Intra-Sudetic Synclinorium, Poland (photo: S. Poppe)
Speaker
© Michal Lepecki
Dr. Sam Poppe
Assistant Professor
Space Research Center - Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
Warsaw, Poland
Research Interests:
Planetary Volcanology | Structural Geology | Geomorphology | Natural Hazards