Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pggp.rept..464h&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1986 p 464-466 (SEE N87-23341 16-91)
Mathematics
Logic
Lithosphere, Loads (Forces), Lunar Maria, Lunar Surface, Stress Analysis, Tectonics, Basalt, Geochronology, Geological Faults, Stress Distribution, Wrinkling
Scientific paper
Many of the tectonic features associated with the circular maria are the result of stresses generated by loading of the lunar lithosphere by mare basalt units. The hypothesis is tested that the irregular lunar maria share with the circular maria the processes leading to the formation of associated graben and mare ridge systems. A formulation of the lithospheric flexure problem that accounts for the variable distribution of basalt loads for the irregular maria is applied. On the basis of the tectonic structures and geologic history of each of the major irregular maria, as well as models for the distribution of mare basalt for each region, the predicted stress fields are compared with the distribution of tectonic features for a range of assumed values of the thickness of the elastic lithosphere. The best fitting values for lithospheric thickness beneath the regular maria are then compared with those previously inferred for the circular maria.
Hall Jeffery L.
Solomon Sean C.
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