Mercury has multiple, superposed global tectonic patterns

2025/03/25 by Christian Klimczak, Kelsey T. Crane, Kelsey Crane +2 · 7 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geophysics #Mercury (programming language) #Planetary Science and Exploration #Seismology #Tectonics

paper · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119331

published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters 658, 119331 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• A rock-mechanical assessment of Mercury's global tectonic fabric
• Despinning plus global contraction and the orientation of lobate scarps on Mercury: Predictions for MESSENGER
• Caloris basin, Mercury: History of deformation from an analysis of tectonic landforms
• Late movement of basin-edge lobate scarps on Mercury
• Basin formation on Mercury: Caloris and the origin of its low-reflectance material
• Tectonic patterns of shortening landforms in Mercury's northern smooth plains