Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....9314893t&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Dec. 10, 1988, p. 14893-14917.
Mathematics
Logic
89
Geological Faults, Mars Surface, Tectonics, Mars Photographs, Planetary Structure, Structural Properties (Geology), Topography
Scientific paper
Several new, as well as existing, techniques are employed here to unravel the complex structural history of the Syria Planum province of Mars. Individual faults are first recognized as members of local or extensive fault sets related to distinct tectonic episodes. The relative ages of these fault sets are determined using superposition and intersection relations and crater counts. Correlations are also made with local geology and topography. Morphological characteristics of the fault scarps are measured photoclinometrically from Viking orbiter images and the way that variations in fault morphology are related to tectonic style, thickness of the faulted layer, and amount of extension is interpreted. The overall results present a more complete and coherent, as well as a different, tectonic history for this province than previously attained. The results show that geophysical interpretations of the Tharsis tectonic region require reevaluation.
Davis Philip A.
Tanaka Kenneth L.
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