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Mare ridges of the Hesperia Planum area form linear, reticular and circular structures. The main factors effective in mare ridge formation have been (i) a large areal, or maybe even global, shortening and compression, (ii) major crustal tectonics, and (iii) the moderation of tectonic movements by the megaregolith discontinuity layer(s) between surface lavas and the bedrock leaving the compressional thrust to dominate over other fault movements in surface tectonics.
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Raitala, J. Superposed ridges of the Hesperia planum area on Mars. Earth Moon Planet 40, 71–99 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057947
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