Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980m%26p....23..307r&link_type=abstract
Moon and the Planets, vol. 23, Nov. 1980, p. 307-321.
Computer Science
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Lunar Maria, Selenology, Tectonics, Magma, Moonquakes, Space Exploration, Stress Distribution
Scientific paper
The paper presents a structural analysis of the mare ridge pattern in an area of about one-million square kilometers in the central parts of Oceanus Procellarum. It is suggested that the penetration of magmas through the crust as the Marius Hills and Aristarchus Plateau/Harbinger Mountains may have happened along a pre-existing deep zone of weakness. Present mare ridge ranges are associated with these zones; some of these ranges can be regarded as having formed radial or subradial ridge swarms to the complexes as they were strenghtened by stress field changes by upward doming and penetrating magmas. The present moonquake epicenters within this area appear to be associated with mare ridge ranges. Focal depths of 800-1000 km indicate a decreasing trend of tectonic activity.
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