Forming the lunar farside highlands by accretion of a companion moon
@article{Jutzi2011FormingTL, title={Forming the lunar farside highlands by accretion of a companion moon}, author={Martin Jutzi and Erik Asphaug}, journal={Nature}, year={2011}, volume={476}, pages={69-72} }
The most striking geological feature of the Moon is the terrain and elevation dichotomy between the hemispheres: the nearside is low and flat, dominated by volcanic maria, whereas the farside is mountainous and deeply cratered. Associated with this geological dichotomy is a compositional and thermal variation, with the nearside Procellarum KREEP (potassium/rare-earth element/phosphorus) Terrane and environs interpreted as having thin, compositionally evolved crust in comparison with the massive…
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