Lobate Scarp

A long, curved cliff produced when one block of planetary crust is pushed over another along a thrust fault. Lobate scarps on Mercury are key surface evidence that the planet contracted as its interior cooled.

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Lobate Scarp

Arabic

ندبة فصية

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