The morphology and age of the Iapetus equatorial ridge supports an exogenic origin

Charlene E. Detelich; Paul K. Byrne; Andrew J. Dombard; Paul M. Schenk

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114559

The morphology and age of the Iapetus equatorial ridge supports an exogenic origin

Charlene E. Detelich
, Paul K. Byrne
, Andrew J. Dombard
, Paul M. Schenk

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

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Abstract

Both endogenic and exogenic formation mechanisms have been proposed for the equatorial ridge on Saturn's moon Iapetus. With photogeological mapping and crater statistics, we find that the morphology of the ridge is best explained by an exogenic origin, principally by the accretion onto the moon's surface of an orbiting ring of material.

Original language	English
Article number	114559
Journal	Icarus
Volume	367
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114559
State	Published - Oct 2021

Keywords

Craters
Equatorial ridge
Geomorphology
Iapetus
Icy satellite

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