Thaumasia

Origin of name:
Named for Thaumas (English translation: "wonder"), god of clouds, the father of Iris; Arabia. Thaumas was a sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia. He married an Oceanid, Electra, and was the father of the Harpies and Iris, the goddess of rainbows and messenger of the gods.

A név eredete:
Thaumas ("a csodálatos" Θαῦμας) földje. Thaimas Pontusnak és Gaeának fia, szerelmi frigyben egyesült Oceanus egyik leányával Electrával (a ragyogó tengeri hullám). Gyermekeik a Harpyák és Iris.

Geologic description and interpretation:
Thaumasia Plateau is a tectonically uplifted area buonded by outward-verging ridges (Thaumasia Highlands and Coprates Rise) and by extensional features (Valles Marineris and Claritas Fossa. Siria, Sinai, Solis and Thaumasia are all parts of Thaumasia Plateau. [1] Syria Planum is a major constructional edifice dominated by radial dike emplacement, flow aprons, and proximal small shield development[2]. The Thaumasia Highlands and Solis Planum are two of the best-known examples of compressional tectonics on Mars. Its formation was sliding on a weak horizon or thrusting analogous to orogenic wedges on Earth. [3] Solis Planum is believed to contain the highest water abundance on the planet today[4]

Geológiai leírás és magyarázat:
A Thaumasia-plató egy tektonikusan kiemelt terület, melyet kifelé dőlő hátságok ls extenziós árkok határolnak. A Syria Planum egy vulkáni felépítmény, melyet sugárirányú telérek, folyáskúpok, és kis kúpok jellemeznek. A Thaumasia-hátság és a Solis Planum a kompressziós tektonika marsi iskolapéldái. Gyenge felszínen történő csúszás vagy a hegyégkeletkezéssel kapcsolatos áttolódás jellemzi.

[1]

Anguita, Francisco; Carlos Fernandez, Guadalupe Cordero, Sandra Carrasquilla, Jorge Anguita, Andres Nunez, Sergio Rodriguez, Judit Garcia 2006: Evidences for a Noachian-Hesperian orogeny in Mars, Icarus, Volume 185, Issue 2, December 2006, Pages 331-357, ISSN 0019-1035, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.07.026.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/ B6WGF-4M21T53-1/2/f727a74a41a55f3de0569788b50619ff)

[2]

Webb, B.; Head, J. W., III; Kortz, B. E.; Pratt, S. 2001: Syria Planum, Mars: A Major Volcanic Construct in the Early History of Tharsis 32nd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 12-16, 2001, Houston, Texas, abstract no.1145 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001LPI....32.1145W

[3]

Nahm, A. L.; Schultz, R. A. 2008: Evaluation of the Orogenic Belt Hypothesis for the Formation of Thaumasia, Mars American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #P33B-1459 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFM.P33B1459N

[4]

Smith, Zackery E.; Jason A. Tullis, Kenneth F. Steele, Luiz Malfavon 2006: Martian Sinkholes: Implications for Large Scale Evaporite Deposits. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13-17, 2006, League City, Texas, abstract no.1071 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006LPI....37.1071S