Rock elastic properties and near-surface structure at Taurus-LittrowLinear strain measurements are presented for two lunar basalts, 14310,82 and 71055,15 and one breccia, 15498,23 to 5 kb hydrostatic pressure. Compressional and shear acoustic velocities to 5 kb are also presented for the basalts, 14310,82 and 71055,15. These elastic properties, along with geological, seismological and rock mechanics considerations are consistent with a model of the structure of the Taurus-Littrow valley as follows, a thin surface regolith overlying a fractured mixture of basalt flows and ejecta material which in turn overlies a coherent breccia of highland ejecta debris.
Document ID
19750055656
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Trice, R.
Warren, N.
Anderson, O. L. (California, University Los Angeles, Calif., United States)