
This image of Tharsis Rise from NASA Mars Odyssey shows a series of linear features called graben, which are associated with crustal extension resulting in up and down blocks of crust that run perpendicular to the direction of the extension.
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NASA ID
PIA03810
Date Created
June 17, 2002
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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