Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1343t&link_type=abstract
Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1343
Mathematics
Logic
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Europa, Faulting, Faults: Strike-Slip, Icy Satellites, Tectonics
Scientific paper
Truncated linear features abutting opposite sides of an unnamed 800km gray band in Europa's southern hemisphere can be aligned by a left-lateral displacement of 42km. This is nearly identical to the displacement required to "close" a rhomboidal feature at the north end of the band. The offset was determined using orthographic re-projections of Voyager image 1372J2-001. While this gray band has been previously noted in the literature this is the first reported measurement of displacement on it. Based on this reconstruction, the gray band can be interpreted to be a dextral strike-slip fault in which the rhomboidal portion occupies a releasing bend. Extending from at least 80 degrees S, 269 degrees W to 60 degrees S, 192 degrees W, the fault is comparable in length to the San Andreas fault between San Francisco and Mexico. If scaled to the size of the Earth it would be 3250 km long, two and one-half times the total extent of the San Andreas. This strike-slip fault has implications for Europan crustal constitution and geologic history. Its existence is another demonstration that the Europan crust has been deformed by lateral motion, possibly facilitated by a subsurface decoupling layer.
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