Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20..419h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 419-422.
Mathematics
Logic
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Anorthosite, Infrared Spectra, Lunar Topography, Remote Sensing, Spectral Reflectance, Structural Basins, Terrain Analysis, Lunar Composition, Near Infrared Radiation, Stratigraphy
Scientific paper
We have used near-infrared reflectance spectra and Earth-based radar data to investigate the composition and origin of the various geologic units northwest of Humorum basin as well as the stratigraphy of the Humorum preimpact target site. The results of our spectral analysis indicate that at least a portion of the inner, mare-bounding ring is composed of pure anorthosite. Other highlands units in the region are dominated by noritic anorthosite. The anorthosites on the inner ring may have been derived from a layer of anorthosite that exists at depth beneath a more pyroxene-rich unit. Both Gassendi G and F craters expose mare material from beneath a highlands-rich surface unit that was emplaced as a result of the Letronne, Gassendi, and other impact events. This ancient basalt unit was emplaced after the formation of Humorum basin but prior to the Orientale impact.
Blewett David T.
Campbell Bruce A.
Coombs Cassandra R.
Hawke Bernard Ray
Jeffrey Taylor G.
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