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Low-Amplitude Topographic Features and Textures on the Moon: Initial Results from Detrended Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) TopographyGlobal lunar topographic data derived from ranging measurements by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) onboard LRO mission to the Moon have extremely high vertical precision. We use detrended topography as a means for utilization of this precision in geomorphological analysis. The detrended topography was calculated as a difference between actual topography and a trend surface defined as a median topography in a circular sliding window. We found that despite complicated distortions caused by the non-linear nature of the detrending procedure, visual inspection of these data facilitates identification of low-amplitude gently-sloping geomorphic features. We present specific examples of patterns of lava flows forming the lunar maria and revealing compound flow fields, a new class of lava flow complex on the Moon. We also highlight the identification of linear tectonic features that otherwise are obscured in the images and topographic data processed in a more traditional manner.
Document ID
20160014492
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kreslavsky, Mikhail A.
(California Univ. Santa Cruz, CA, United States)
Head, James W.
(Brown Univ. Providence, RI, United States)
Neumann, Gregory A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Zuber, Maria T.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Smith, David E.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
December 6, 2016
Publication Date
August 2, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Publisher: Science Direct
Volume: 283
e-ISSN: 1090-2643
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN37777
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA14AB01A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX11AK29G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX09AM54G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Moon
Surface
volcanism

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