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CALCULATED LITHOSPHERIC STRENGTH ENVELOPES: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING ELASTIC AND SEISMOGENIC LAYER THICKNESSES ON MARS
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  • Paul Morgan,
  • Alexey Batov,
  • Adrien Pierre Michel Broquet,
  • Tamara Gudkova,
  • Scott King,
  • R T Ratheesh Kumar,
  • Dhananjay Ravat,
  • Suzanne E. Smrekar,
  • Martin van Driel,
  • Francis Nimmo
Paul Morgan
Colorado School of Mines

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Alexey Batov
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Adrien Pierre Michel Broquet
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
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Tamara Gudkova
Russian Academy of Sciences
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Scott King
Virginia Tech
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R T Ratheesh Kumar
University of Kentucky
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Dhananjay Ravat
University of Kentucky
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Suzanne E. Smrekar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Martin van Driel
ETH Zürich
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Francis Nimmo
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Abstract

Calculated lithospheric strength envelopes (s) are rheological models of the lithosphere that are useful in understanding the elastic () and seismogenic () thicknesses of the lithosphere. Determinations of Te for Mars using different techniques use different models of Te as indicated by rheology in LSEs, and LSEs indicate that the differential stress fields that cause deformation must be considered in the determination of both Te and Ts. We do not attempt to review the literature here or to rank different methods. Our goal is to provide a better understanding of the different values of Te and Ts published in the literature and to encourage integration of these data with a physical understanding of the lithosphere in time and space.