Strike‐slip duplexing on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
- 25 April 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 105 (E4) , 9483-9488
- https://doi.org/10.1029/1999je001226
Abstract
Agenor Linea is a ∼1500 km long, ∼20–30 km wide geologically young zone of deformation on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. On the basis of recent Galileo high‐resolution images, we interpret Agenor Linea as a strike‐slip zone formed in three stages by a combination of lithospheric separation, extension, and dextral horizontal shear. Agenor Linea exhibits excellent examples of strike‐slip duplexes in an icy lithosphere, unobscured by vegetation and unaltered by erosion.Keywords
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