Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icar...61..461g&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 61, March 1985, p. 461-489.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
110
Lunar Mantle, Lunar Surface, Remote Sensing, Volcanology, Albedo, Apollo Flights, Radar Astronomy, Radar Maps, Spectral Reflectance, Moon, Remote Sensing, Mantle, Deposits, Pyroclastics, Emplacement, Surface, Fire Fountain, Source, Formation, Characteristics, Albedo, Texture, Compositon, Glass, Spherules, Crystallization, Reflectance, Radar Methods, Observations, Scattering, Spectra, Data, Bode Rima
Scientific paper
Mantling deposits on the Moon are considered to be pyroclastic units emplaced on the lunar surface as a result of explosive fire fountaining. These pyroclastic units are characterized as having low albedos, having smooth fine-textured surfaces, and consisting in part of homogeneous, Fe-bearing volcanic glass and partially crystallized spheres. Mantling units exhibit low returns on depolarized 3.8-cm radar maps, indicating an absence of surface scatterers in the 1- to 50-cm-size range. A number of reflectance spectra from several regional pyroclastic deposits are presented. The Rima Bode region is discussed as an example. On the basis of the remote sensing data summarized and presented, five new areas have been identified which may represent higher-albedo regional pyroclastic deposits.
Gaddis Lisa R.
Hawke Bernard Ray
Pieters Carlé M.
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