Secondary impact craters of lunar basins

Details Secondary impact craters of lunar basins Secondary impact craters of lunar basins

Apr 1976

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In: Lunar Science Conference, 7th, Houston, Tex., March 15-19, 1976, Proceedings. Volume 3. (A77-34651 15-91) New York, Pergamon

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Lunar Craters, Lunar Maria, Meteorite Craters, Meteoritic Damage, Selenology, Cratering, Impact Damage, Lunar Evolution, Lunar Photographs, Morphology, Terrain Analysis

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Numerous lunar features are examined and identified as being secondary to basins, that is, as having been formed by secondary impact of ejecta from basins. Most of the terra features previously attributed to volcanism and tectonism and many attributed previously to primary impact must be attributed to basin-secondary impact. Secondary craters of the Imbrium Basin cover a large part of the south-central near side. Imbrium secondaries are more numerous than primaries in the size ranges 3 or 4 to 10 km on the near side, and may be more numerous at diameters of 10-25 km. Preliminary stratigraphic dating results based on superposition relations among basin secondaries suggest that the Crisium and south Serenitatis basins are younger than Nectaris and Humboldtianum.

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