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Recent advances and current research issues in lunar stratigraphy
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SYSNO ASEP 0367270 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Calibrating several key lunar stratigraphic units representing 4 b.y of lunar history within Schrödinger basin Author(s) O'Sullivan, K. (US)
Kohout, Tomáš (GLU-S) RID, SAI, ORCID
Thaisen, K. G. (US)
Kring, D. A. (US)Source Title Recent advances and current research issues in lunar stratigraphy. - Boulder : Geological Society of America, 2011 / Ambrose, W. A. ; Williams, D. A. - ISSN 0072-1077 - ISBN 978-0-8137-2477-5 Pages s. 117-127 Number of pages 11 s. Number of pages 159 Publication form WWW - WWW Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords basin ; impact structure ; lithology ; lunar crust ; mare basalt ; Moon ; pyroclastic deposit ; stratigraphy ; upper mantle Subject RIV BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics CEZ AV0Z30130516 - GLU-S (2005-2011) UT WOS 000294291300006 DOI 10.1130/2011.2477(05) Annotation To test the lunar cataclysm hypothesis and anchor the beginning of the basinforming epoch on the Moon, which are high science priorities for lunar exploration, we evaluated potential landing sites within Schrödinger basin. This impact site is the second youngest basin-forming event and lies within the South Pole-Aitken basin, which is the oldest and largest impact basin on the Moon. Thus, landing sites within Schrödinger should provide access to impact lithologies with ages of each event, providing a bracket of the entire basin-forming epoch and resolving both of the leading science priorities. Additionally, the fl oor of Schrödinger basin has been partially covered by younger mare and pyroclastic units. The volcanic materials, as well as impact-excavated and uplifted units, will provide chemical and lithologic samples of the lunar crust and potentially the upper mantle. Collectively, the impact and volcanic lithologies will provide calibration points to the entire lunar stratigraphic column. Workplace Institute of Geology Contact Jana Popelková, popelkova@gli.cas.cz, Sabina Janíčková, Tel.: 233 087 272 Year of Publishing 2012
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