Lunar Maria: Structure and Evolution
- 15 August 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 165 (3894), 693-695
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.165.3894.693
Abstract
The lunar maria are considered to have evolved as homologous, transient, gravity-wave systems from large impact craters on a crustal layer 50 kilometers thick, fluidized from beneath by prompt, shock-induced melting inside an initially hot moon.Keywords
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