Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975moon...14..505w&link_type=abstract
The Moon, vol. 14, Nov.-Dec. 1975, p. 505-517.
Computer Science
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Apollo 17 Flight, Breccia, Lunar Composition, Lunar Craters, Lunar Landing Sites, Meteoritic Damage, Impact Damage, Lunar Soil, Meteoritic Composition, Mineral Deposits, Surface Layers, Trace Elements
Scientific paper
The major characteristics and components of Boulder 1 are reviewed, and a most probable origin is proposed for the boulder. It is noted that this boulder is distinguished by its content of dark rounded inclusions consisting mostly of very fine angular mineral debris welded together by a lesser amount of extremely fine-grained material that appears to be devitrified glass. The following proposals are made: (1) the peculiar structures of the boulder were created during some phase of the cratering impact that produced the Serenitatis basin; (2) the environment or process that created the inclusions deposited them relatively close to the crater; (3) the mineral and meteoritic components of the dark breccia were comminuted and accreted in the chaotic high-energy environment adjacent to and behind the penetrating Serenitatis meteorite; and (4) the meteoritic component of the boulder should be that of the Serenitatis projectile plus whatever meteoritic trace elements that were in the target rock prior to the impact.
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