Tags: Mercury

  AGU – Advances: "Several Kilometers of Global Contraction on Mercury: A Sample-Size Independent Assessment of Fault Strain"     Authors:  Dr. Stephan R. Loveless 1 and  Dr. Christian Klimczak 1 1 Center for Planetary Tectonics at UGA, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA,    Abstract Mercury underwent global contraction due to the sustained cooling of the planet. Positive-relief…