A stratigraphic study of southern Oceanus Procellarum using Clementine multispectral data

Details A stratigraphic study of southern Oceanus Procellarum using Clementine multispectral data A stratigraphic study of southern Oceanus Procellarum using Clementine multispectral data

Dec 2002

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Planetary and Space Science, Volume 50, Issue 14-15, p. 1299-1309.

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In this paper, we use Clementine multispectral data to demonstrate techniques from which spectrally distinct mare basalts can be mapped, and estimates of basalt thickness obtained. The region studied incorporates a portion of southern Oceanus Procellarum from /17.5°N to /20.5°S and /289°E to /317°E, including the Marius Hills, Damoiseau, Cavalerius and Flamsteed areas. Flamsteed provides a test area from which we validate the mapping techniques used in this work. Unit boundaries and basalt thickness details from these analyses are applied to the stratigraphy of the Oceanus Procellarum Group defined by Whitford-Stark and Head (J. Geophys. Res. 85 (1980) 6579). A total of 13 basalts are recognised in the region, 10 of which are spectrally distinct, and three of which represent previously unrecognised Members of the Oceanus Procellarum Group. The average thickness of the basalts is between 160 and 625m, ranging from tens to hundreds of metres near the mare/highland boundaries and consistently greater than several hundred metres closer to the centre of the mare. These values provide a range of basalt volume in the region of 0.7-2.8×105km3. This represents between 8% and 32% of the total volume of basalts in Oceanus Procellarum.

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