New Mechanical Insights into Ring Fault Initiation and Caldera Formation on Terrestrial Planets
Abstract
Resolving a common flaw in numerical models of ring fault (hence caldera) formation (1) leads to a new understanding of where/why ring faults can form, and (2) reconciles long-standing differences between analogue and numerical model results.
- Publication:
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42nd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011LPI....42.1170G