The lunar farside - The nature of highlands east of Mare Smythii

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May 1991

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Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 53, May 1991, p. 93-107. Research supported by NASA and Murray State University.

Mathematics

Logic

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Highlands, Lunar Composition, Lunar Far Side, Lunar Geology, Aluminum, Geochemistry, Iron, Magnesium, Photogeology, Regolith

Scientific paper

A study of lunar orbital data to determine the origin and nature of geochemical variation in a portion of the farside highlands east of the Smythii basin is presented. Averages and ranges of concentrations for the elements Al, Mg, Fe, Ti, and Th are calculated and correlated for photogeologically defined units associated with some specific features and with the region as a whole. The region east of Smythii contains regolith that is far removed from, and therefore largely uncontaminated by, nearside basin material. By conducting a geochemical characterization of this area, the degree of heterogeneity in 'uncontaminated' highlands can be determined, and by implication the extent to which volcano-tectonic activity unrelated to the nearside basins has occurred on the moon.

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