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Investigations Into The Tectonics Of Uranian And Saturnian Icy Satellites, Chloe Brett Beddingfield
Investigations Into The Tectonics Of Uranian And Saturnian Icy Satellites, Chloe Brett Beddingfield
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation reports a range of analyses of tectonic structures on various icy satellites and the implications of these analyses for each satellite’s geologic history. On Miranda, I tested the hypothesis that faults of the Arden Corona boundary and the 340º [degree] Chasma are listric in geometry. A listric fault geometry implies the presence of a subsurface detachment, which likely marked Miranda’s brittle-ductile transition (BDT) at the time of faulting. Results support the hypothesis for the Arden Corona boundary, although not for the 340˚ [degree] Chasma. Using the Arden Corona fault system geometry, the BDT depth, thermal gradient, and heat …