The Effect of Thrust Fault Geometries on the Surface Deformation of Io: Implications for Mountains and Paterae

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Mar 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002lpi....33.1741j&link_type=abstract

33rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 11-15, 2002, Houston, Texas, abstract no.1741

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Because there can be no net strain of Io's surface area, orogenic thrust
faults with certain geometries can generate tensile deformation of the
surrounding plains. This may help to explain the statistical association
between mountains and paterae.

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