Long-Lived Volcanism on the Lunar Farside Revealed by SELENE Terrain Camera

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Feb 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009sci...323..905h&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 323, Issue 5916, pp. 905- (2009).

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We determined model ages of mare deposits on the farside of the Moon on the basis of the crater frequency distributions in 10-meter-resolution images obtained by the Terrain Camera on SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer) (Kaguya). Most mare volcanism that formed mare deposits on the lunar farside ceased at ~3.0 billion years ago, suggesting that mare volcanism on the Moon was markedly reduced globally during this period. However, several mare deposits at various locations on the lunar farside also show a much younger age, clustering at ~2.5 billion years ago. These young ages indicate that mare volcanism on the lunar farside lasted longer than was previously considered and may have occurred episodically.

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