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Faulting in Amazonis Planitia (Natural Colors; credits: Dr M. Faccin & Lunexit)
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This HiRISE image is centered on a long "Strike-Slip Fault" on the Young Plains of the Amazonis Planitai Region.
The most famous example of a Strike-Slip Fault on Planet Earth is probably the San Andreas Fault in California.
The Plains of Amazonis, as seen here, show only a few large and medium-sized craters, indicating that the Surface has been "remodeled" relatively recently.
The fact that the Fault visible here has cut the Plains, indicates that tectonic processes (as well as Marsquakes) have occurred even more recently (whereas that the word "recently", on Mars, is a relative term - since it is likely that both the Surface and the Fault are more than a billion years old.
Other interesting features that can be seen in this frame are "Moats" (---> fossi e fossati) - visible around Knobs (---> colline a ceppo) - and a few Impact Craters.
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