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Table 3 A summary of average festoon dimensions found on Venus, Earth, and Mars from cited literature

From: Vikrahraun—the 1961 basaltic lava flow eruption at Askja, Iceland: morphology, geochemistry, and planetary analogs

Location

Crest height

Wavelength

Arc length

References

Vikrahraun, Askja, Iceland

 ~ 5 m

 ~ 10 m

 ~ 150 m

This study

Obsidian flow, Glass mountain, CA, USA

 

 ~ 39 m

 ~ 250 m

Fink, 1980

Roches Rossa flow, Lipari, Italy

 ~ 15 m

 ~ 15 m

 ~ 150 m

Bullock et al. 2018

Odvo Fluctis, Venus

 

 ~ 1000 m

 ~ 50 km

Wroblewski et al. 2019

NW of Olympus Mons, Mars

 ~ 100 m

 ~ 180 m

 

Fink, 1980

North of Ascraeus Mons, Mars

 ~ 30

 ~ 50 m

 ~ 1 km

Zimbelman, 1985

SW of Arsia Mons, Mars

 ~ 27 m

 ~ 100 m

 

Warner and Gregg, 2003

  1. Crest height refers to the festoon’s amplitude, wavelength refers to distance from one crest to the next, and arc length refers to the total width of the festoon