Structural Evidence for Reorientation of Miranda About a Paleo-Pole
Abstract
Two structural arguments support the premise that Miranda has reoriented with respect to Uranus over its geologic history. Orientations of major extensional and compressional features are consistent with a major satellite reorientation similar to that previously suggested based on cratering asymmetry. Furthermore, structures within Elsinore Corona provide supporting evidence that this reorientation took place about a paleo-pole located near (-75 deg, 80 deg), suggesting a second minor reorientation of Miranda.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993LPI....24.1111P
- Keywords:
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- Geochronology;
- Geomagnetism;
- Magnetic Poles;
- Meteorite Craters;
- Miranda;
- Paleontology;
- Planetary Geology;
- Uranus (Planet);
- Asymmetry;
- Cratering;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration