Scientists compare volcanic cones on Earth and Mars to explain how gas-rich magma forms scoria cones. Spacecraft observations and Earth analog sites provide evidence of similar eruptive processes.
Since the 1970s, planetary geologists have known that volcanic features cover large swaths of Mars. Early Mariner 9 images ...
MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho announced Thursday that postdoctoral researcher, Ian T.W. Flynn found what looks to be a spatter cone of volcanic matter on Mars. Flynn compared the volcanic ...
MOSCOW, Idaho — A University of Idaho postdoctoral researcher, Ian T.W. Flynn, working under Erika Rader, an assistant professor at the school in the Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences, has ...