Charon tectonics
Charon tectonics
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2016-12-16
Authors
Beyer, Ross A.
Nimmo, Francis
McKinnon, William B.
Moore, J. (Jeff)
Binzel, Richard P.
Conrad, Jack W.
Chen, Andy
Ennico, K.
Lauer, Tod R.
Olkin, Cathy B.
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Elsevier
Abstract
New Horizons images of Pluto's companion Charon show a variety of terrains that display extensional tectonic features, with relief surprising for this relatively small world. These features suggest a global extensional areal strain of order 1% early in Charon's history. Such extension is consistent with the presence of an ancient global ocean, now frozen.
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Charon (Satellite),
Tectonics
Citation
Beyer RA, F Nimmo, WB McKinnon, JM Moore, RP Binzel, JW Conrad, A Cheng, et al. 2017. "Charon tectonics". Icarus. 287: 161-174.