Astypalaea Linea
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Description: An article about a San Andreas-sized strike-slip fault, written for submission to Icarus.
(September 14, 1998)
A SAN ANDREAS-SIZED STRIKE-SLIP FAULT ON EUROPA B. Randall Tufts*, Richard Greenberg*, Gregory Hoppa*, Paul Geissler* *Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Astypalaea Linea is an 810km strike-slip fault, located near the south pole of Europa. In length, it rivals the San Andreas Fault in California, and it is the largest strike-slip fault yet known on Europa. The fault was discovered using Voyager 2 images, based upon the presence of familiar strike-slip features including linearity, pull-aparts, possible braids, and the offset of multiple piercing points. Fault displacement is 42 km, right-lateral. Crosscutting relationships suggest the fault to be of intermediate relative age.
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