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Basalt stratigraphy of southern Mare SerenitatisThe major features of the stratigraphic and structural sequence are summarized for Mare Serenitatis. The dark oldest basalts include flows coextensive with Mare Tranquillitatis and also flows and pyroclastic deposits (dark mantles) that erupted from the edge of the Serenitatis basin. The basin sagged, possibly isostatically, as basalts of intermediate age were emplaced. Sagging had nearly ceased by the time the youngest flows were deposited. Compressive movements including thrusting followed, and small extensional fissures formed in late Copernican time. The revised stratigraphic sequence that was elaborated has implications for lunar stratigraphy that transcend the boundaries of Mare Serenitatis. Dark mantle deposits and the darkest maria have commonly been assumed in geologic mapping to be relatively youthful. These assumptions must now be reevaluated and perhaps discarded.
Document ID
19740010348
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Howard, K. A.
(Geological Survey Washington, DC, United States)
Carr, M. H.
(Geological Survey Washington, DC, United States)
Muehlberger, W. R.
(Tex. Univ. Austin, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Johnson Space Center Apollo 17 Prelim. Sci. Rept.
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
74N18461
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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