Guide to Magellan Image Interpretation

Figure 8-5. Schematic cross sections show radar responses of folds. (a) At a nominal incidence angle XXX = 30 deg, symmetric folds appear asymmetric in the image. Foreslopes are compressed and backslopes are expanded. (b) Radar image and interpretive cross section of a series of folds in Lavinia Planitia located at 36.4°S, 337.9°E. Illumination is from the left at an incidence angle of 29 deg.

 

Figure 8-5. Schematic cross sections show radar responses of folds. (a) At a nominal incidence angle Greek letter theta = 30 deg, symmetric folds appear asymmetric in the image. Foreslopes are compressed and backslopes are expanded. (b) Radar image and interpretive cross section of a series of folds in Lavinia Planitia located at 36.4°S, 337.9°E. Illumination is from the left at an incidence angle of 29 deg.

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