A necking origin for Ganymede long wavelength grooved terrain topography - Insights from Galileo observations at Uruk Sulcus

Details A necking origin for Ganymede long wavelength grooved terrain topography - Insights from Galileo observations at Uruk Sulcus A necking origin for Ganymede long wavelength grooved terrain topography - Insights from Galileo observations at Uruk Sulcus

Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997lpi....28..247c&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 247.

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Ganymede, Terrain Analysis, Satellite Surfaces, Grooves, Topography, Galileo Spacecraft, Ridges, Wavelengths, Plastic Deformation, Geological Faults

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Topographic data for Ganymede indicate that the tilt-block ridges in the Uruk Sulcus region are superimposed on broader ridges and troughs which correspond to the 6-7 km wavelength grooves observed in Voyager data of this area. It is argued here that this long-wavelength topography is created by extensional necking, with tilt-block normal faults being the mechanism by which this brittle layer deforms plastically.

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