The origin of neotectonics on the lunar nearside

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Valantinas, A., Schultz, P.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of America 2020
• Subjects: 520 Astronomy; 620 Engineering; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/143764/1/g47202.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/143764/8/valantinas%26schultz2020_final.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/143764/

New observations of wrinkle ridges on the nearside maria of the Moon display signs of ongoing ridge modification. In association with the wrinkle ridges, we observed an absence of superposed craters, narrow (<30 m) lobate scarps and graben, and thermal anomalies related to exposures of meter-size...