The nature and origin of periodically spaced tectonic features on Mars

Details The nature and origin of periodically spaced tectonic features on Mars The nature and origin of periodically spaced tectonic features on Mars

Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991stin...9413199w&link_type=abstract

Final Report National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. Center for Earth and Planetary Studies.

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Landforms, Mars Surface, Planetary Geology, Structural Properties (Geology), Tectonics, Anticlines, Buckling, Plains, Plateaus

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The final report on the nature and origin of periodically spaced tectonic features on Mars is presented. The focus of this investigation was to characterize and model the periodically spaced wrinkle ridges observed in ridged plains material on Mars. The investigation centered on the wrinkle ridges in ridged plains material on the Tharsis Plateau. Wrinkle ridges are interpreted to be structural in origin, resulting from buckling followed by reverse or thrust faulting of the ridged plains material. The study extended beyond Tharsis to other ridged plains units, particularly those in Hesperia Planum. As a corollary, an analysis of the spacing of the anticlinal ridges of the Yakima Fold Belt of the Columbia Plateau in the NW United States was undertaken.

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