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Oct 1974

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974jgr....79.4351d&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 79, Oct. 10, 1974, p. 4351-4363.

Physics

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Diurnal Variations, Erosion, Lunar Surface, Moonquakes, Thermal Stresses, Apollo Project, Lunar Seismographs, Lunar Soil, Phase Shift, Soil Science, Surface Temperature, Time Response

Scientific paper

Review of the results of a study of the characteristics of thermal moonquakes and of their role in the erosion of the lunar surface. Thermal moonquake activity starts abruptly about 2 days after lunar sunrise and decreases rapidly after sunset. Two possible source mechanisms for thermal moonquakes are suggested: fracturing or movement of rocks along zones of weakness and slumping of lunar soil on slopes triggered by thermal stresses.

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