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Geologic mapping of the marius quadrangle, the moon
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Yingst, Aileen Gregg, Tracy K. P. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | The authors seek to construct a 1:2,500,000-scale map of Lunar Quadrangle 10 (LQ10 or the Marius Quadrangle) to address outstanding questions about the Moon's volcanologic history and the role of impact basins in lunar geologic evolution. The selected quadrangle contains Aristarchus plateau and the Marius hills, Reiner Gamma, and Hevelius crater. By generating a geologic map of this region, we can constrain the temporal (and possibly genetic) relations between these features, revealing more information about the Moon's chemical and thermal evolution. Although many of these individual sites have been investigated using Lunar Orbiter, Clementine, Lunar Prospector and Galileo data, no single investigation has yet attempted to constrain the stratigraphic and geologic relationships between these features. Furthermore, we will be able to compare our unit boundaries on the eastern boundary of the proposed map area with those already mapped in the Copernicus Quadrangle. Geologic mapping of the Marius Quadrangle would provide insight to the following questions: the origin, evolution, and distribution of mare volcanism; the timing and effects of the major basin-forming impacts on lunar crustal stratigraphy; and, the Moon's important resources, where they are concentrated, and how they can be accessed. |
| File Size | 171982 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080040997 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t88h3m05n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2008-06-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Lunar Evolution Structural Basins Lunar Geology Lunar Crust Moon Mapping Hypervelocity Impact Lunar Exploration Geological Surveys Petrology Lunar Resources Volcanology Stratigraphy Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
