Young thrust-fault scarps in the highlands - Evidence for an initially totally molten moon

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Sep 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icar...63..421b&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 63, Sept. 1985, p. 421-441. DFG-supported research.

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Escarpments, Geological Faults, Highlands, Lunar Evolution, Chronology, Lunar Photographs, Melting, Stress Distribution, Tectonics, Thermoelasticity, Moon, Faults, Scarps, Highlands, Thermal Properties, Elasticity, Terrain, Size, Calculations, Interior, Models, Tectonism, Features, Surface, Age, History, Topography, Endogenic Effects, Geography, Morphology, Pressure, Distribution, Tidal Effects, Imagery, Photographs, Dynamics, Hypotheses, Experiments, Diagrams, Frequency, Depth, Patterns, Theoretical Studie

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Attention is given to thermoelastic stress calculations implying that if only the outer few hundreds of km of a moon with a cool interior were initially molten, the lunar highlands should not have young compressional tectonic features. Extrapolations from Apollo panoramic images showing young thrust faults in the highlands suggest that about 2000 thrust fault scarps exist on the highlands, generally occurring in series or complexes of four or five scarps that are on average 5 km long. The ages of the scarps range from 60 + or - 30 to 680 + or - 250 my, with a possible factor bias of +2 to -4. The scarps are the youngest endogenic features on the moon, and indicate that the moon was initially molten.

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