Mercury/Tectonics

Forces on Mercury thought to have subsided in the past. Perhaps due to crustal compression, it caused rifts to appear throughout Mercury's smooth plains regions.

Mercury Surface Characterized (May 2009)

 * See Mercury/Crust, Mercury/Regolith, Mercury/Volcanoes, Mercury/Smooth Plains, Mercury/Intermediate Terrain, Mercury/Low Reflectance Material, Mercury/Tectonics


 * http://asunews.asu.edu/20090430_mercury