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Graben Illustration
Graben are troughs formed when the lunar crust was stretched and pulled apart. This stretching causes the near-surface materials to break along two parallel normal faults, the terrain in between the twin faults drops down forming a valley.
Image Number: WEB12312-2012
Credit: Arizona State University, Susan Selkirk/Smithsonian
Copyright: Smithsonian Institution
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