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Straight impact crater rim segments on Mercury

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  • Işık S. Yazıcı
  • H. C. Jupiter Cheng
  • Kelsey T. Crane
  • Christian Klimczak

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The formation of straight impact crater rims is widely accepted to be influenced by preexisting lithospheric structure. We investigate the distribution and orientations of straight crater rim segments across Mercury. We devise a mapping workflow aimed at minimizing distortions of length and orientation that arise when working on projected image mosaics on a global scale and produce a global map of the rims of 7,145 impact craters with diameters between 20 and 400 km. We extract straight rim segments that maintain consistent orientations for at least 10 km to assess their frequency and orientation. Our dataset shows that 83% of craters have straight rim segments that show strong east–west orientations at the poles and weak north–south or random orientations at lower latitudes. This emphasizes the importance of lithospheric structure for impact cratering on Mercury. Our map dataset provides valuable insights for future investigations into the tectonic evolution of Mercury.

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  • Işık S. Yazıcı & H. C. Jupiter Cheng & Kelsey T. Crane & Christian Klimczak, 2024. "Straight impact crater rim segments on Mercury," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 2308687-230, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:20:y:2024:i:1:p:2308687
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2024.2308687
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