Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984em%26p...31...25t&link_type=abstract
Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 31, Aug. 1984, p. 25-42. Sponsorship: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifiq
Physics
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Mars (Planet), Planetary Geology, Structural Basins, Tectonics, Lunar Geology, Mercury (Planet), Stratigraphy
Scientific paper
Despite evident similarities, the Argyre basin exhibits important differences with regard to its lunar counterparts, as the Orientale basin. These differences concern both the stratigraphy of the impact related units and the tectonics of these areas. The Argyre basin is not surrounded by ejecta with radial facies, but by an annulus of structurally uplifted and faulted preimpact basement. That is different from the lunar basins which exhibit a large annulus of radial facies but only a narrow ring of uplifted terrains. The Argyre basin is surrounded by five or more outer discontinuous rings extending far away from the basin's edge. That is different from the lunar basins which are surrounded by only one, continuous and closer ring. These differences could be partially explained by the external conditions, but mainly by differences in the crustal properties and lithospheres thickness which would have been thinner on Mars than on the moon.
Masson Ph.
Thomas Pierre G.
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