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Evidence of Recent Thrust Faulting on the Moon Revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Published:2010-08-20 Issue:5994 Volume:329 Page:936-940
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Watters Thomas R.¹,Robinson Mark S.²,Beyer Ross A.³⁴,Banks Maria E.¹,Bell James F.⁵,Pritchard Matthew E.⁶,Hiesinger Harald⁷⁸,van der Bogert Carolyn H.⁷,Thomas Peter C.⁹,Turtle Elizabeth P.¹⁰,Williams Nathan R.⁶

Affiliation:

1. Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.

2. School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, USA.

3. Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

4. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035–0001, USA.

5. Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

6. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

7. Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany.

8. Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, USA.

9. Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

10. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA.

Abstract

Lunar Lobate Scarps Revealed Lunar lobate scarps are relatively small-scale landforms that are thought to be formed by tectonic thrust faulting. Previously, lunar lobate scarps could only be identified clearly in high-resolution Apollo Panoramic Camera images confined to the lunar equatorial zone. Now, an analysis by Watters et al. (p. 936 ) of images returned by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera reveals 14 previously unknown lobate scarps and shows that lunar lobate scarps may be globally distributed. Their appearance suggests that lunar scarps are relatively young landforms (less than 1 Ga), possibly formed during a recent episode of global lunar radial contraction.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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