Sentences with phrase «small fault scarps»
These low - altitude images revealed small fault scarps that are orders of magnitude smaller than the larger scarps.
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«The young age of the small scarps means that Mercury joins Earth as a tectonically active planet, with new faults likely forming today as Mercury's interior continues to cool and the planet contracts,» said lead author Tom Watters, Smithsonian senior scientist at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.