Recent Advances and Current Research Issues in Lunar Stratigraphy (Geological Society of America Special Paper)

edited by William A. Ambrose, David A. Williams

ISBN 10: 0813724775 / ISBN 13: 9780813724775

Published by Boulder, Colorado, USA : The Geological Society of America, 2011

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VIII-159 p. : 28 cm. Lunar stratigraphic relationships and issues relating to their resolution occur at a wide variety of scales from the very largest scale (impact basins), to smaller scales (large impact craters, discrete highlands, and volcanic terrains), where detailed mapping of structural, volcanic, and impact-related features has increased understanding of three-dimensional lunar stratigraphic relationships in areas where the chronological history has been unknown or incomplete. The investigations in this volume address several major questions regarding the Moon s origin and basin history, including (1) the lunar cataclysm hypothesis; (2) the timing and relative age of major basins such as South Pole Aitken; (3) stratigraphic relationships of basins and mare-fill units within the South Pole Aitken; (4) recognition of cryptic basins from recent topographic data, leading to a more comprehensive lunar stratigraphic sequence; (5) internal mare stratigraphy and history of emplacement of volcanic strata in major basins; and (6) understanding the formation of lunar sinuous rilles through analysis of their final morphology, providing insight into lunar volcanic processes and local stratigraphy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Recent Advances and Current Research Issues in Lunar Stratigraphy (Geological Society of America Special Paper)
• Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, USA : The Geological Society of America
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813724775
• ISBN 13: 9780813724775
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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