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

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  • Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna

    (Colorado School of Mines)

  • Jonathan Besserer

    (University of California)

  • James W. Head III

    (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
    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University)

  • Maria T. Zuber

    (Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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.

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  • Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna & Jonathan Besserer & James W. Head III & Carly J. A. Howett & Walter S. Kiefer & Paul J. Lucey & Patrick J. McGovern & H. Jay Melosh & Gregory A. Neumann & Roger J. Phillips , 2014. "Structure and evolution of the lunar Procellarum region as revealed by GRAIL gravity data," Nature, Nature, vol. 514(7520), pages 68-71, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:514:y:2014:i:7520:d:10.1038_nature13697
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13697
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    1. Feng Zhang & Alberto Pizzi & Trishit Ruj & Goro Komatsu & An Yin & Yanan Dang & Yang Liu & Yongliao Zou, 2023. "Evidence for structural control of mare volcanism in lunar compressional tectonic settings," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Meixia Geng & Qingjie Yang & Chaouki Kasmi & J. Kim Welford & Alexander L. Peace, 2024. "Unveiling magmatic structures and connectivity beneath the lunar Oceanus Procellarum region from GRAIL gravity data," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.

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