Volcanism in the enormous Tharsis region on Mars migrated from south to north. Numerical modelling suggests that this migration as well as the current location of the region can be explained by net rotation of the lithosphere relative to the mantle.
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Nimmo, F. Mars's rotating shell. Nature Geosci 2, 7–8 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo401
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