A rock-mechanical assessment of Mercury's global tectonic fabric

2015/02/26 by Christian Klimczak, Paul K. Byrne, P. K. Byrne +1 · 56 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Contraction (grammar) #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geophysics #Internal medicine #Lithosphere #Medicine #Planetary Science and Exploration #Plate tectonics #Seismology #Tectonics

paper · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.003

published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters 416, 82-90 (Elsevier BV)

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• Effective Elastic Properties of Cracked Solids: Critical Review of Some Basic Concepts
• Despinning plus global contraction and the orientation of lobate scarps on Mercury: Predictions for MESSENGER

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