Ariel’s Medial Grooves: Spreading Centers on a Candidate Ocean World

We present evidence that Ariel's massive chasma-medial groove systems formed via spreading, where internally sourced material ascended and formed new crust. Evidence for this interpretation includes close alignment of offset faults and chasma margins during reconstruction, axial troughs bounded...

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Main Authors: Chloe B. Beddingfield, Richard J. Cartwright, Lauren M. Jozwiak, Tom A. Nordheim, G. Wes Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad9d3f
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