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A comparison of the cratered terrain escarpments on Miranda with the thrust faults on Mercury |
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| Authors: | Kent D Trego |
| Institution: | (1) Planetology Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | Large escarpments on the Uranian satellite Miranda are similar in structure to thrust faults on Mercury result of crustal contraction. The tectonic lineations may be considered evidence of a crustal contraction on Miranda result of differentiation of the satellite. |
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