Lunar mare deposits associated with the Orientale impact basin: New insights into mineralogy, history, mode of emplacement, and relation to Orientale Basin evolution from Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data from Chandrayaan‐1

J. Whitten; J. Head; M. Staid; C. Pieters; J. Mustard; R. Clark; Jeff Nettles; R. Klima; L. Taylor

DOI:10.1029/2010JE003736

Corpus ID: 7234547

Lunar mare deposits associated with the Orientale impact basin: New insights into mineralogy, history, mode of emplacement, and relation to Orientale Basin evolution from Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data from Chandrayaan‐1

@article{Whitten2011LunarMD,
  title={Lunar mare deposits associated with the Orientale impact basin: New insights into mineralogy, history, mode of emplacement, and relation to Orientale Basin evolution from Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data from Chandrayaan‐1},
  author={J. Whitten and J. Head and M. Staid and C. Pieters and J. Mustard and R. Clark and Jeff Nettles and R. Klima and L. Taylor},
  journal={Journal of Geophysical Research},
  year={2011},
  volume={116},
  pages={1-33}
}

J. Whitten, J. Head, +6 authors L. Taylor

Published 2011

Geology

Journal of Geophysical Research

[1] Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) image and spectral reflectance data are combined to analyze mare basalt units in and adjacent to the Orientale multiring impact basin. Models are assessed for the relationships between basin formation and mare basalt emplacement. Mare basalt emplacement on the western nearside limb began prior to the Orientale event as evidenced by the presence of cryptomaria. The earliest post-Orientale-event mare basalt emplacement occurred in the center of the basin (Mare… CONTINUE READING

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