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.