Lateral displacement pattern in the Humorum region

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Geological Faults, Lunar Geology, Lunar Maria, Structural Properties (Geology), Displacement, Lunar Craters, Structural Analysis, Structural Basins

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Medium- to high-resolution photographs of the Humorum region taken by the Lunar Orbiter missions show a definite pattern of lateral displacements of topographic elements and en-echelon arrangement of crenulations on mare ridges. It is very probable that the en-echelon crenulations represent igneous rock intruded into or extruded through tension gashes which developed in lava that overlie strike-slip faults and through movement along these faults. The pattern of commonly recurring lineament strikes and the sense of wrench faulting correspond to a stress-generating system in which the regional maximum compression acted between 10 and 20 deg, and the intermediate compression was directed vertically. Lineaments that strike northeast and those trending within the northwest quadrant show indications of slip in the left-lateral and the right-lateral sense, respectively.

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