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Besides the basic, satellite-scale geological mapping and very general definition of the phenomenon, only a few studies focus on the Wispy Terrain and its chasmata from the angle of detailed tectonic reconstruction, with others mainly targeting, e.g., the timing of its formation. This study provides a detailed geological and cryotectonic analysis in the surroundings of the Eurotas and Palatine Chasmata and proposes additional, until now, unidentified tectonic processes and a formation model. The relationship between fragmentary impact craters and tectonic features indicates other newly suspected tectonic movements, namely thrust, and splay and d\u00e9collement fault systems. In contrast to the commonly expected and identified dilatational processes, such fault types show compression and are characteristic of subduction in a terrestrial environment. Theoretically, the appearance of such tectonic processes means that the already-known rift and the newly discovered subsumption (subduction-like) processes may appear together in the Wispy Terrain. The appearance of both features may suggest the presence of some of the components (phases) of a Wilson cycle analog cryotectonic cycle (or possibly cycles) in icy planetary bodies like Dione.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15215177","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,30]],"date-time":"2023-10-30T13:20:07Z","timestamp":1698672007000},"page":"5177","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Introduction to Dione\u2019s Wispy Terrain as a Putative Model Region for \u201cMicro\u201d Wilson Cycles on Icy Satellites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4101-8621","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bal\u00e1zs","family":"Brad\u00e1k","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Exo-Oceans, Faculty of Oceanology, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukaeminami-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5825-0454","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jun","family":"Kimura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1947-0371","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daisuke","family":"Asahina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, Geological Survey of Japan\/AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8560, Ibaraki, Japan"}]},{"given":"Mayssa","family":"El Yazidi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA\/ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7317-0092","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Csilla","family":"Orgel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration, European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA\/ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"255","DOI":"10.1016\/0019-1035(83)90038-6","article-title":"The geology of Dione","volume":"56","author":"Plescia","year":"1983","journal-title":"Icarus"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"205","DOI":"10.1016\/0019-1035(84)90024-1","article-title":"The tectonic and volcanic history of Dione","volume":"59","author":"Moore","year":"1984","journal-title":"Icarus"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"263","DOI":"10.1016\/S0019-1035(03)00048-4","article-title":"Cratering rates in the outer Solar System","volume":"163","author":"Zahnle","year":"2003","journal-title":"Icarus"},{"key":"ref_4","unstructured":"Wagner, R.J., Neukum, G., Stephan, K., Roatsch, T., Wolf, U., and Porco, C.C. 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