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Tensional Stress and Lunar Patterns

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Warner and Fielder1 have referred to their conclusion that the lunar surface was under overall tensional stress at the time of cratering. I have approached the problem of the mode of origin of the lunar surface patterns from a different, purely geological point of view, but my conclusions might perhaps be relevant to the conclusions of these authors.

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McCALL, G. Tensional Stress and Lunar Patterns. Nature 196, 255–256 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196255a0

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