Mercury 127
FIGURE 10 Diagrammatic representation of the
formation of the hilly and lineated terrain by
focused seismic waves from the Caloris impact.
(From P. Schultz and D. Gault, 1975, “The Moon,”
12,pp. 159–177.)
FIGURE 11 View of the
intercrater plains surrounding
clusters of craters in the Mercurian
highlands. Several lobate scarps
(thrust faults) can also be seen.
(Courtesy of NASA.)