Lunar mascon basins - Lava filling, tectonics, and evolution of the lithosphere

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Feb 1980

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Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, vol. 18, Feb. 1980, p. 107-141.

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Space Physics

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Lava, Lithosphere, Lunar Evolution, Lunar Geology, Lunar Maria, Mascons, Tectonics, Basalt, Space-Time Functions, Structural Basins, Structural Properties (Geology), Thermal Stresses, Review, Moon, Mascons, Basins, Lava, Tectonics, Evolution, Lithosphere, Volcanism, Maria, Formation, Characteristics, Geometry, Distribution, Subsidence, History, Thickness, Stresses, Thermal Structure, Serenitatis, Mare, Humorum, Compression, Orientale, Crisium, Nectaris, Smythii, Grimaldi, Ridges, Topography, Basalts, Models

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The paper extends the study of the relationships among lunar mare filling, mare basin tectonics, and global thermal evolution to the major mascon maria: Imbrium, Crisium, Orientale, Humorum, Nectaris, Smythii, Grimaldi, and Serenitatis. For each of the eight major mascon mare basins on the moon, the paper describes the distribution and history of major mare units, the characteristics and geometry of basin-related tectonic features, the temporal relations between tectonic features and geologic units, the response of the lunar lithosphere to basalt loading as a function of space and time, and the relationship between loading stress and global thermal stress in controlling lunar tectonic history. The principal features of the volcanic, tectonic, and thermal history of the mascon maria are summarized.

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