Book contents
- Mercury
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Mercury
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The MESSENGER Mission: Science and Implementation Overview
- 2 The Chemical Composition of Mercury
- 3 Mercury’s Crust and Lithosphere: Structure and Mechanics
- 4 Mercury’s Internal Structure
- 5 Mercury’s Internal Magnetic Field
- 6 The Geologic History of Mercury
- 7 The Geochemical and Mineralogical Diversity of Mercury
- 8 Spectral Reflectance Constraints on the Composition and Evolution of Mercury’s Surface
- 9 Impact Cratering of Mercury
- 10 The Tectonic Character of Mercury
- 11 The Volcanic Character of Mercury
- 12 Mercury’s Hollows
- 13 Mercury’s Polar Deposits
- 14 Observations of Mercury’s Exosphere: Composition and Structure
- 15 Understanding Mercury’s Exosphere: Models Derived from MESSENGER Observations
- 16 Structure and Configuration of Mercury’s Magnetosphere
- 17 Mercury’s Dynamic Magnetosphere
- 18 The Elusive Origin of Mercury
- 19 Mercury’s Global Evolution
- 20 Future Missions: Mercury after MESSENGER
- Index
- Index of Place Names
- References
10 - The Tectonic Character of Mercury
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2018
Book contents
- Mercury
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Mercury
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The MESSENGER Mission: Science and Implementation Overview
- 2 The Chemical Composition of Mercury
- 3 Mercury’s Crust and Lithosphere: Structure and Mechanics
- 4 Mercury’s Internal Structure
- 5 Mercury’s Internal Magnetic Field
- 6 The Geologic History of Mercury
- 7 The Geochemical and Mineralogical Diversity of Mercury
- 8 Spectral Reflectance Constraints on the Composition and Evolution of Mercury’s Surface
- 9 Impact Cratering of Mercury
- 10 The Tectonic Character of Mercury
- 11 The Volcanic Character of Mercury
- 12 Mercury’s Hollows
- 13 Mercury’s Polar Deposits
- 14 Observations of Mercury’s Exosphere: Composition and Structure
- 15 Understanding Mercury’s Exosphere: Models Derived from MESSENGER Observations
- 16 Structure and Configuration of Mercury’s Magnetosphere
- 17 Mercury’s Dynamic Magnetosphere
- 18 The Elusive Origin of Mercury
- 19 Mercury’s Global Evolution
- 20 Future Missions: Mercury after MESSENGER
- Index
- Index of Place Names
- References
Summary
Mercury is a tectonic world: the planet has experienced a long and complicated history of deformation, recorded by its preserved tectonic landforms. As the study of tectonics naturally intersects with volcanology, chemistry, interior structure, and thermal evolution, understanding the tectonic character of Mercury is a crucial means by which to more fully comprehend the planet’s geological history. In this chapter, we seek to tie together the various strands of observational and analytical studies of the tectonics of Mercury conducted since the first Mercury flyby of the MESSENGER mission. We describe the shortening and extensional structures on the innermost planet, as well as an enigmatic set of long-wavelength topographic warps that may have been tectonically driven, before reviewing our understanding of the structure and properties of Mercury's lithosphere. The mechanisms for tectonic deformation are next discussed, and we then explore the other major aspect of Mercury's tectonics – when deformation took place – as we work to describe at least in broad terms the tectonic history of the planet. The influence of tectonics on Mercury's volcanic activity is then addressed. Finally, we list some major questions regarding Mercury’s tectonics that remain open and suggest how they might yet be answered.
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