Charon tectonics

Autor: Ross A. Beyer, Francis Nimmo, William B. McKinnon, Jeffrey M. Moore, Richard P. Binzel, Jack W. Conrad, Andy Cheng, K. Ennico, Tod R. Lauer, C.B. Olkin, Stuart Robbins, Paul Schenk, Kelsi Singer, John R. Spencer, S. Alan Stern, H.A. Weaver, L.A. Young, Amanda M. Zangari
Přispěvatelé: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Binzel, Richard P
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Elsevier
Icarus
ISSN: 0019-1035
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.12.018
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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