Lobate Scarp

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4493.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4493. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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A long, sinuous cliff-like feature consisting of a series of connected lobes. They are found chiefly on Mercury, where they are interpreted as thrust faults caused by compressive forces. They vary from 20 to 500 km in length and from a few hundred meters to 2 km in height. Their planet-wide distribution is taken as evidence of a global shrinking early in Mercury's history when the mantle and core...

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