TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence of recent thrust faulting on the moon revealed by the lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera
AU - Watters, Thomas R.
AU - Robinson, Mark
AU - Beyer, Ross A.
AU - Banks, Maria E.
AU - Bell, James
AU - Pritchard, Matthew E.
AU - Hiesinger, Harald
AU - Van Der Bogert, Carolyn H.
AU - Thomas, Peter C.
AU - Turtle, Elizabeth P.
AU - Williams, Nathan R.
PY - 2010/8/20
Y1 - 2010/8/20
N2 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images reveal previously undetected lobate thrust-fault scarps and associated meter-scale secondary tectonic landforms that include narrow extensional troughs or graben, splay faults, and multiple low-relief terraces. Lobate scarps are among the youngest landforms on the Moon, based on their generally crisp appearance, lack of superposed large-diameter impact craters, and the existence of crosscut small-diameter impact craters. Identification of previously known scarps was limited to high-resolution Apollo Panoramic Camera images confined to the equatorial zone. Fourteen lobate scarps were identified, seven of which are at latitudes greater than T60° , indicating that the thrust faults are globally distributed. This detection, coupled with the very young apparent age of the faults, suggests global late-stage contraction of the Moon.
AB - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images reveal previously undetected lobate thrust-fault scarps and associated meter-scale secondary tectonic landforms that include narrow extensional troughs or graben, splay faults, and multiple low-relief terraces. Lobate scarps are among the youngest landforms on the Moon, based on their generally crisp appearance, lack of superposed large-diameter impact craters, and the existence of crosscut small-diameter impact craters. Identification of previously known scarps was limited to high-resolution Apollo Panoramic Camera images confined to the equatorial zone. Fourteen lobate scarps were identified, seven of which are at latitudes greater than T60° , indicating that the thrust faults are globally distributed. This detection, coupled with the very young apparent age of the faults, suggests global late-stage contraction of the Moon.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1189590
DO - 10.1126/science.1189590
M3 - Article
C2 - 20724632
AN - SCOPUS:77955882727
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 329
SP - 936
EP - 940
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5994
ER -