Structure and evolution of the lunar Procellarum region as revealed by GRAIL gravity data

Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna (), Jonathan Besserer, James W. Head, Carly J. A. Howett, Walter S. Kiefer, Paul J. Lucey, Patrick J. McGovern, H. Jay Melosh, Gregory A. Neumann, Roger J. Phillips, Paul M. Schenk, David E. Smith, Sean C. Solomon and Maria T. Zuber
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Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna: Colorado School of Mines
Jonathan Besserer: University of California
James W. Head: Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
Carly J. A. Howett: Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute
Walter S. Kiefer: Lunar and Planetary Institute
Paul J. Lucey: Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii
Patrick J. McGovern: Lunar and Planetary Institute
H. Jay Melosh: Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
Gregory A. Neumann: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Roger J. Phillips: Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute
Paul M. Schenk: Lunar and Planetary Institute
David E. Smith: Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sean C. Solomon: Carnegie Institution of Washington
Maria T. Zuber: Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature, 2014, vol. 514, issue 7520, 68-71

Abstract: Gravity data show a rectangular pattern of narrow linear anomalies bordering the lunar Procellarum region that are interpreted to be the frozen remnants of lava-filled rifts and underlying feeder dykes.

Date: 2014
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