Computer Science
Scientific paper
Apr 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976lpsc....7.2761l&link_type=abstract
In: Lunar Science Conference, 7th, Houston, Tex., March 15-19, 1976, Proceedings. Volume 3. (A77-34651 15-91) New York, Pergamon
Computer Science
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Lunar Maria, Orography, Selenology, Tectonics, Lunar Geology, Stereophotography, Stress Distribution, Topography
Scientific paper
Two fresh-looking scarps on the rim of the Serenitatis Basin were structurally analyzed in detail on high-resolution stereoscopic photographs. The scarps are topped by wrinkle ridges on the mare and transgress into adjacent highlands. They are faults that offset mare and highland surfaces. The faults appear to have high-angle fault planes and both normal and reverse separation which suggests tensional as well as compressional stresses. These observations, though contradictory in regional stress systems, are compatible with local adjustments resulting from vertical tectonic movement. A model is developed that fits the observations and proposes that ridges and scarps formed through vertical structural adjustment caused by gravitational settling, and following older structural trends.
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