This Mars-Tharsis-Region-data-readme.txt file was generated on 2021-10-26 by Professor Dhananjay Ravat at the University of Kentucky.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Elastic thickness and crust-mantle interface models of Tharsis bulge on Mars and surrounding areas

2. Description of Dataset:
The datasets contain the final models of spatial variation of elastic thickness (Te) and the depth to Moho or the Crust-Mantle Interface (CMI) of the Tharsis Bulge and the surrounding regions derived from the software package LithoFLEX. The models are based on the crustal density of 2900 kg/m^3, which was selected from analyzing results of a range of densities, and other standard lithospheric parameters. The models are useful for understanding the nature and evolution of the Tharsis Bulge and the surrounding regions.

3. Author Information

	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: R. T. Ratheesh Kumar 
		Institution: University of Kentucky, USA, and Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
		Address: Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi- 682016, India
		Email: ratheesh.geo@gmail.com
		ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1014-3043

	B. Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Dhananjay Ravat
		Institution: University of Kentucky
		Address: 101 Slone Research Building, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY 40506, USA
		Email: dhananjay.ravat@uky.edu
		ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1962-4422

	C. Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Paul Morgan
		Institution: Colorado Geological Survey
		Address: Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado School of Mines, 1801 Moly Rd. Golden, CO 80401, USA
		Email: morgan.pablo@gmail.com
		ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8714-4178

4. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): 2021-10-23

5. Geographic location of data collection: Tharsis Region of Planet Mars

6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: NASA Research Award # 80NSSC19K0014


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: 

This dataset is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the dataset creators and publication source are credited and that changes (if any) are clearly indicated.  

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Will provide once available from the journal

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: Created using GMM3 Free-air gravity model from Genova et al. (2016) and Mars topography model (Smith et al., 2001) 

Genova, A., Goossens, S., Lemoine, F. G., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G. A., Smith, D. E., & Zuber, M. T. (2016). Seasonal and static gravity field of Mars from MGS, Mars Odyssey and MRO radio science.Icarus, 272, 228–245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Icarus.2016.02.050

Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Frey, H.V., Garvin, J.B., Head, J.W., Muhleman, D.O., et al. (2001). Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 23,689–23,722. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JE001364

5. Was data derived from another source? No

	A. If yes, list source(s): 

6. Recommended citation for this dataset:

Ratheesh-Kumar, R.T., Ravat, D., and Morgan, P., 2021, Elastic thickness and crust-mantle interface models of Tharsis bulge on Mars and surrounding areas: UKnowledge Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Data, https://doi.org/10.13023/34ym-6q10


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
Tharsis_Te_usingLithoFLEX.txt 
Tharsis_CMI_usingLithoFLEX.txt

2. Relationship between files, if important: N/A

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: N/A

4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No, but if updated, updated files will be provided
	A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: 
		i. Why was the file updated? 
		ii. When was the file updated? 


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 

LithoFLEX software package from lithoflex.org
Braitenberg C., Wienecke S., Ebbing J., Born W., Redfield T. (2007) JOINT GRAVITY AND ISOSTATIC ANALYSIS FOR BASEMENT STUDIES - A NOVEL TOOL Extendended Abstracts, EGM 2007 International Workshop, Innovation in EM, Grav and Mag Methods: a new Perspective for Exploration, Villa Orlandi, Capri - Italy , 15-18 April 2007

2. Methods for processing the data: Tutorials available at lithoflex.org

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data:  N/A 

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Drs. Ratheesh Kumar, R. T., Ravat, D., and Morgan P.


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR:
Tharsis_Te_usingLithoFLEX.dat
Longitude, Latitude, Elastic thickness
Tharsis_CMI_usingLithoFLEX.dat
Longitude, Latitude, Moho depth

1. Number of variables: 3

2. Number of cases/rows: 18204

3. Variable List: 

For Tharsis_Te_usingLithoFLEX.txt
Longitude (degree), Latitude (degree), Te (km)

For Tharsis_CMI_usingLithoFLEX.txt
Longitude (degree), Latitude (degree), Moho Depth (km)

4. Missing data codes: N/A

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: ASCII text