The origin of neotectonics on the lunar nearside

Valantinas, A.; Schultz, P.H. (2020). The origin of neotectonics on the lunar nearside. Geology, 48(7), pp. 649-653. Geological Society of America 10.1130/g47202.1

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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 blocks. Many of these active wrinkle ridge systems are well beyond the influence of mascon basins and unrelated to any global tectonic pattern. Nevertheless, they spatially correlate with ancient deep-seated dike intrusions on the lunar nearside revealed by gravity data analysis. We propose that this active nearside tectonic system (ANTS) reflects ongoing reactivation of an ancient system related to offset antipodal effects from the South Pole–Aitken basin.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute

UniBE Contributor:

Valantinas, Adomas

Subjects:

500 Science > 520 Astronomy
600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISSN:

0091-7613

Publisher:

Geological Society of America

Language:

English

Submitter:

Dora Ursula Zimmerer

Date Deposited:

19 May 2020 08:32

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:38

Publisher DOI:

10.1130/g47202.1

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.143764

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/143764

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