The Sudbury-Serenitatis analogy and 'so-called' pristine nonmare rocks

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Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ga17.conf...59w&link_type=abstract

In Lunar Science Inst., Workshop on Geology of the Apollo 17 Landing Site p 59-61 (SEE N93-18786 06-91)

Computer Science

Analogies, Breccia, Earth Surface, Impact Melts, Lunar Craters, Lunar Geology, Lunar Rocks, Meteorite Craters, Petrology, Planetary Geology, Earth (Planet), Geochemistry, Lunar Crust, Lunar Maria, Ontario

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The Serenitatis Basin is the one lunar basin from which we confidently identify a suite of samples as pieces of the impact melt sheet: the distinctive Apollo 17 noritic breccias. Recent studies of the Sudbury Complex indicate that its 'irruptive' is almost entirely of impact-melt origin, making it the closest terrestrial analog to the Serenitatis melt sheet. Any attempt to model the evolution of the Moon's crust should be compatible with the relatively well-understood Sudbury Complex. However, the Sudbury-Moon analogy might be a misleading oversimplification, if applied too rigidly. The cause of evolutionary differences between the Serenitatis impact melt and the Sudbury impact melt is discussed.

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