Choose the statements that apply to the formation of the cliffs on Mercury Forma
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Choose the statements that apply to the formation of the cliffs on Mercury Formation of cliffs on Mercury cooling of the core crust buckling asteroid impact change in the rotation rate of the planet Rembrandt Scarp Mercury has hundreds of cliffs, varying in height from 100 m to 3 km. One such cliff, Rembrandt Scarp is seen on the left in this image. For more information about this image, go to Resources: Help With This Topic. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Canegie Institution of WashingtonExplanation / Answer
The most probably answer for the the cliff in mercury is the cooling of the core whic led to the contractions of the surface and even many researchers’ finding say that mercury contract about 2.5 to 8.7 miles in diameter.
The other options are incorrect because crust buckling happens when there are more than one plate present but mercury is a single plate planet hence it’s not possible, asteroid impacts can’t create such a “y” shaped cliff as we seen on mercury, change in rotation would produce haphazardly cliff structure and hence it is also not possible.