Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1974
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974moon...11..327h&link_type=abstract
The Moon, vol. 11, Nov.-Dec. 1974, p. 327-356.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
61
Lunar Craters, Lunar Rocks, Lunar Topography, Petrology, Structural Basins, Astronomical Models, Escarpments, Lunar Crust, Mountains, Seismology
Scientific paper
The lunar Orientale basin is a 900 km diam circular topographic depression covering an area of over 700,000 sq km on the western limb of the moon. Three major rings surround the central Mare Orientale. Orientale basin structures are considered along with Orientale basin deposits and the sequence of formation of structures and deposits. It is found that the structures and facies are related in time and mode of origin to the formation of a major impact crater approximately 620 km in diam. The study suggests that the Orientale basin configuration is very nearly the same as its geometry at its time of formation. The formation of multiringed basins such as Orientale provides a mechanism for an instantaneous production of tremendous volumes of melted lunar crystal material.
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