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Scientific paper
Dec 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jgr....8710689n&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 87, Dec. 10, 1982, p. 10689-10708. Research supported by the Ministry of Energy and Infra
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Earth Surface, Mars Surface, Structural Properties (Geology), Tectonics, Morphology, Northern Hemisphere, Patterns, Southern Hemisphere
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A description is presented of a global system of geosutures forming a counterclockwise, converging spiral pattern whose 'eye' stretches along the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. The bounded system of lithospheric slices converging on the eye from the south collide frontally, while the northern ones tangentially and sequentially slide along one another. The correlation noted between some of the geosutures and hydrocarbon accumulations, as well as metallic ore deposits, may suggest novel concepts and clues for economic explorations elsewhere. Another system of geosutures of planetary dimensions is noted on Mars, where the largest spiral pattern converges counterclockwise on an eye located along the Martian equator. Once the kinematics involved in such systems are understood, their origins will also be deciphered.
Hall Katherine J.
Neev D.
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