Timing and rate of global contraction on Mercury

Abstract Impact bombardment and global contraction due to planetary cooling have both shaped the surface of Mercury over very long time scales. Landforms associated with these processes, i.e., impact craters and thrust fault‐related escarpments, and their mutual geologic relationships were analyzed...

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Main Authors: Kelsey T. Crane, Christian Klimczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-04-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072711
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