Moonquakes: Mechanisms and Relation to Tidal Stresses
- 27 May 1977
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 196 (4293) , 979-981
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.196.4293.979
Abstract
Observed features of moonquakes are combined with theoretical calculations of the tidal stresses to interpret the moonquake mechanisms. Tidal stresses, together with a postulated ambient tectonic stress, are sufficient to explain the depth, periodicity, and polarity reversal of moonquakes. Both of these stresses are small (on the order of 1 bar) and consistent with the small magnitudes of moonquakes.Keywords
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