Topography of lobate scarps on Mercury: New constraints on the planet's contraction

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 991-994

  Watters, Thomas R ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^b   Cook, Anthony C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

COMPRESSIONAL STRAIN; FAULT PLANES; LOBATE SCARPS; PHOTOCLINOMETRY; THRUST FAULTING; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

COMPRESSION; CONTRACTION; FAULT SCARP; MERCURY (PLANET); PLANETARY LANDFORM; STRAIN;

EID: 84874975780     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0991:TOLSOM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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