title: Moonquakes: mechanisms and relation to tidal stresses.
abstract: Observed features of moonquakes are combined with theoretical calculations of the tidal stresses to interpret the moonquake mechanisms. Tidal stresses, together with a postulated ambient tectonic stress, are sufficient to explain the depth, periodicity, and polarity reversal of moonquakes. Both of these stresses are small (on the order of 1 bar) and consistent with the small magnitudes of moonquakes.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Toksöz
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Goins
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cheng