Lobate scarps and the Martian crustal dichotomy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E8, 1999, Pages 18981-18990

  Watters, Thomas R ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 0001312387     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE001007     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Binder, A. B., and J. C. Jones, Spectrophotometric studies of the photometric function, composition, and distribution of the surface materials of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 77, 3005-3020, 1972.
2. Brewer, J. A., S. B. Smithson, J. E. Oliver, S. Kaufman, and L. D. Brown, The Laramide orogeny: Evidence form COCORP deep crustal seismic profiles in the Wind River mountains, Wyoming, Tectonophysics, 62, 165-189, 1980.
3. Byerlee, J., Friction of rocks, Pure Appl. Geophys., 116, 615-626, 1978.
4. Cartwright, J. A., B. D. Trudgill, and C. S. Mansfield, Fault growth by segment linkage: An explanation for scatter in maximum displacement and trace length data from the Canyonlands Grabens of SE Utah, J. Struct. Geol., 17, 1319-1326, 1995.
5. Cartwright, J. A., C. S. Mansfield, and B. D. Trudgill, The growth of normal faults by segment linkage, in Modern Developments in Structural Interpretation: Validation and Modelling, edited by P. G. Buchanan and D. A. Nieuwland, Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 99, 163-177, 1996.
6. Cordell, B. M., and R. G. Strom, Global tectonics of Mercury and the Moon, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 15, 146-155, 1977.
7. Cowie, P. A., and C. H. Scholz, Displacement-length scaling relationship for faults: Data synthesis and discussion, J. Struct. Geol., 14, 1149-1156, 1992.
8. Cowie, P. A., C. H. Scholz, M. Edwards, and A. Malinverno, Fault strain and seismic coupling on mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17911-17920, 1993.
9. Davis, P. A., and L. A. Soderblom, Modeling crater topography and albedo from monoscopic Viking Orbiter images, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 9449-9457, 1934.
10. Dawers, N. H., and M. H. Anders, Displacement-length scaling and fault linkage, J. Struct. Geol., 17, 607-614, 1995.
11. Dawers, N. H., Anders, M. H., and Scholz, C. H., Growth of normal faults: Displacement-length scaling, Geology, 21, 1107-1110, 1993.
12. Downs, G. S., P. J. Mouginis-Mark, S. H. Zisk, and T. W. Thompson, New radar derived topography for the northern hemisphere of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 9747-9754, 1982.
13. Elliott, D., The energy balance and deformation mechanisms of thrust sheets, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, on Ser. A, 283, 289-312, 1976a.
14. Elliott, D., The motion of thrust sheets, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 949-963, 1976b.
15. Frey, H., and R. A. Schultz, Large impact basins and the mega-impact origin for the crustal dichotomy on Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 229-232, 1988.
16. Frey, H., S. E. Sakimoto, and J. Roark, The MOLA topographic signature at the crustal dichotomy boundary zone on Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 4409-4412, 1998.
17. Gillespie, P. A., J. J. Walsh, and J. Watterson, Limitations of dimension and displacement data from single faults and the consequences for data analysis and interpretation, J. Struct. Geol., 14, 1157-1172, 1992.
18. Greeley, R., and J. E. Guest, Geologic map of the eastern equatorial region of Mars, scale 1:15,000,000, U.S. Geol. Surv. Misc. Invest. Ser. Map, I-1802-B, 1987.
19. Gries, R., Oil and gas prospecting beneath Precambrian of foreland thrust plates in Rocky Mountains, AAPG Bull., 67, 1-28, 1983.
20. Howard, A. D., K. R. Blasius, and J. A. Cutts, Photoclinometric determination of the topography of the martian north polar cap, Icarus, 50, 245-258, 1982.
21. Jaeger, J. C., and N. G. W. Cook, Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics, 3rd ed., 593 pp., Chapman and Hall, New York, 1979.
22. Maxwell, T. A., and G. E. McGill, Ages of fracturing and resurfacing in the Amenthes Region, Mars, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., 18th, 701-711, 1988.
23. McEwen, A. S., Photometric functions for photoclinometry and other applications, Icarus, 92, 298-311, 1991.
24. McGill, G. E., Buried topography of Utopia, Mars: Persistence of a giant impact depression, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 2753-2759, 1989.
25. McGill, G. E., and A. M. Dimitriou, Origin of the Martian global dichotomy by crustal thinning in the late Noachian or early Hesperian, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 12595-12605, 1990.
26. Melosh, H. J., and W. B. McKinnon, The tectonics of Mercury, in Mercury, edited by F. Vilas, C. R. Chapman, and M. S. Matthews, pp. 374-400, Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson, 1988.
27. Moore, J. M., and R. A. Schultz, Processes of Faulting in Jointed Rocks of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 111, 808-822, 1999.
28. Mouginis-Mark, P. J., and M. S. Robinson, Evolution of the Olympus Mons caldera, Mars, Bull. Volcanol., 54, 347-360, 1992.
29. NASA, Mission to Mars: Digital image map [CD-ROM], USA_NA-SA_PDS_VO_2004, NASA Planet. Data Syst., Pasadena, Calif., 1991.
30. NASA, Mission to Mars: Mars Global Surveyor [CD-ROM], USA-_NASA_PDS_MGS_0001, NASA Planet. Data Syst., Pasadena, Calif., 1998.
31. Pruis, M. J., and K. L. Tanaka, The Martian northern plains did not result from plate tectonics (abstract), Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXVI, 1147-1148, 1995.
32. Roth, L. E., G. S. Downs, and R. S. Saunders, Radar altimetry of south Tharsis, Mars, Icarus, 42, 287-316, 1980.
33. Scholz, C. H., and P. A. Cowie, Determination of geologic strain from fault slip data, Nature, 346, 837-839, 1990.
34. Schultz, R. A., Gradients in extension and strain at Valles Marineris, Mars, Planet. Space Sci., 43, 1561-1566, 1995.
35. Schultz, R. A., Displacement-length scaling for terrestrial and Martian faults: Implications for Valles Marineris and shallow planetary grabens, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 12009-12015, 1997.
36. Schultz, R. A., and A. N. Fori, Fault-length statistics and implications of graben sets at Candor Mensa, Mars, J. Struct. Geol., 18, 373-383, 1996.
37. Simpson, R. A., J. K. Harmon, S. H. Zisk, T. W. Thompson, and D. O. Muhleman, Radar determination of Mars surface properties, in Mars, edited by H. Kieffer et al., pp. 652-685, Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson, 1993.
38. Sleep, N. H., Martian plate tectonics, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 5639-5656, 1994.
39. Smith, D. E., and M. T. Zuber, The shape of Mars and the topographic signature of the hemispheric dichotomy, Science, 271, 184-188, 1996.
40. Smith, D. E., and M. T. Zuber, The relationship between MOLA northern hemisphere topography and the 6.1-Mbar atmospheric pressure surface of Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 4397-4400, 1998.
41. Smith, D. E., et al., Topography of the northern hemisphere of Mars from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Science, 279, 1686-1692, 1998.
42. Stone, D. S., Geologic interpretation of seismic profiles, Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, I, East flank, in Seismic Exploration of the Rocky Mountain Region, edited by R. R. Gries and R. C. Dyer, pp. 165-174, Rocky M. Assoc. of Geol., Denver, Colo., 1985.
43. Strom, R. G., N. J. Trask, and J. E. Guest, Tectonism and volcanism on Mercury, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 2478-2507, 1975.
44. Tanaka, K. L., The stratigraphy of Mars, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 17th, Part I, J. Geophys. Res., 91, suppl., E139-E158, 1986.
45. Tanaka, K. L., The stratigraphy of Mars, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 17th, Part I, J. Geophys. Res., 91, suppl., E139-E158, 1986.
46. Tanaka, K. L., and P. A. Davis, Tectonic history of the Syria Planum province of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 14893-14907, 1988.
47. Thorpe, T. E., Mariner 9 photometric observations of Mars from November 1971 through March 1972, Icarus, 20, 482-489, 1973.
48. Turcotte, D. L., Martian tectonics: Why the global dichotomy and the Tharsis Uplift (abstract), Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXVII, 1345-1346, 1996.
49. Turcotte, D. L., Tectonics and volcanism on Mars: What do we and what don't we know? (abstract), Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXX, 1187-1188, 1999.
50. Turcotte, D. L., and G. Schubert, Geodynamics: Application of Continuum Physics to Geological Problems, 450 pp., John Wiley, New York, 1982.
51. Watters, T. R., Compressional tectonism on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17049-17060, 1993.
52. Watters, T. R., and M. S. Robinson, Radar and photoclinometric studies of wrinkle ridges on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 10889-10903, 1997.
53. Watters, T. R., and M. S. Robinson, Lobate Scarps and the origin of the crustal dichotomy on Mars (abstract), Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXIX, 1475-1476, 1998.
54. Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, and A. C. Cook, Comparison of Discovery Rupes, Mercury with terrestrial thrust faults: New estimates of the decrease in radius of the planet due to global contraction (abstract), Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXVIII, 1507-1508, 1997.
55. Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, and A. C. Cook, Topography of lobate scarps on Mercury: New constraints on the planet's contraction, Geology, 26, 991-994, 1998.
56. Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, and R. A. Schultz, Comparative studies of displacement-length relations of lobate scarps on Mercury and Mars with terrestrial faults (abstract), Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXX, 1826-1827, 1999.
57. Wichman, R. W., and P. H. Schultz, Sequence and mechanisms of deformation around the Hellas and Isidis Impact Basins on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 17333-17357, 1989.
58. Wildey, R. L., Generalized photoclinometry of Mariner 9, Icarus, 25, 613-626, 1975.
59. Wilhelms, D. E., and R. J. Baldwin, The role of igneous sills in shaping the Martian uplands, Lunar Planet Sci., XIX, 355-365, 1989.
60. Wilhelms, D. E., and S. W. Squyres, The martian hemispheric dichotomy may be due to a giant impact, Nature, 309, 138-140, 1984.
61. Wojtal, S. F., Changes in fault displacement populations correlated to linkage between faults, J. Struct. Geol., 18, 265-279, 1996.
62. Zuber, M. T., D. E. Smith, S. C. Solomon, D. O. Muhleman, J. W. Head, J. B. Garvin, J. B. Abshire, and J. L. Bufton, The Mars Observer Laser Altimeter investigation, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 7781-7797, 1992.
63. Zuber, M. T., et al., Observations of the north polar region of Mars from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Science, 282, 2053-2060, 1998.