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Constraints on the Fault Dip Angles of Lunar Graben and Their Significance for Lunar Thermal Evolution

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作者Kai Zhu; Jianzhong Liu; Gregory Michael; Danhong Lei; Xuejin Zeng
刊名Remote Sensing
出版日期2024
卷号16期号:1
关键词Lunar Grabens Dips Of Graben-bounding Faults Displacement–length Ratios Increase In Lunar Radius
DOI10.3390/rs16010107
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Lunar grabens are the largest tensional linear structures on the Moon. In this paper, 17 grabens were selected to investigate the dips and displacement–length ratios (γ) of graben-bounding faults. Several topographic profiles were generated from selected grabens to measure their rim elevation, width and depth through SLDEM2015 (+LOLA) data. The differences in rim elevation (∆h) and width (∆W) between two topographic profiles on each graben were calculated, yielding 146 sets of data. We plotted ∆h vs. ∆W for each and calculated the dip angle (α) of graben-bounding faults. A dip of 39.9° was obtained using the standard linear regression method. In order to improve accuracy, large error data were removed based on error analysis. The results, 49.4° and 52.5°, were derived by the standard linear regression and average methods, respectively. Based on the depth and length of grabens, the γ value of the graben-bounding normal fault is also studied in this paper. The γ value is 3.6 × 10−3 for lunar normal faults according to the study of grabens and the Rupes Recta normal fault. After obtaining the values of α and γ, the increase in lunar radius indicated by the formation of grabens was estimated. We suggest that the lunar radius has increased by approximately 130 m after the formation of grabens. This study could aid in the understanding of normal fault growth and provide important constraints on the thermal evolution of the Moon.

 

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专题地球化学研究所_月球与行星科学研究中心
作者单位1.Center for Lunar and Planetary Science, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
2.CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
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Kai Zhu,Jianzhong Liu,Gregory Michael,et al. Constraints on the Fault Dip Angles of Lunar Graben and Their Significance for Lunar Thermal Evolution[J]. Remote Sensing,2024,16(1).
APA Kai Zhu,Jianzhong Liu,Gregory Michael,Danhong Lei,&Xuejin Zeng.(2024).Constraints on the Fault Dip Angles of Lunar Graben and Their Significance for Lunar Thermal Evolution.Remote Sensing,16(1).
MLA Kai Zhu,et al."Constraints on the Fault Dip Angles of Lunar Graben and Their Significance for Lunar Thermal Evolution".Remote Sensing 16.1(2024).

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