Conclusion
Evidence of strike-slip faults in Bathys Planum region of Mars is presented. The Bathys intrusion (a possible tectonic center) and the Stage 1 Claritas tectonic center are argued to have simultaneously influenced Bathys Planum in the Noachian Period, with flexural stresses driven by the Claritas tectonic center influencing the geometry of a possible Bathys dome. Bathys center tectonics ceased, and the dome subsided, prior to the propagation of Claritas-radial graben through Bathys Planum. The orientations of the graben were then influenced by the pre-existing Bathys center-linked fault system, driving a lateral component of slip presenting in mostly left-lateral strike-slip tectonics on the antecedent fault system.