Global survey of lunar regolith depths from LROC images

Bart, G. D.; Nickerson, R. D.; Lawder, Matthew T; Melosh, H. J.

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.017

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“…In addition, our results are also in agreement with regolith thickness estimates from radar optical data (Shkuratov and Bondarenko, 2001), crater morphology (Bart et al, 2011;Fig. 6.…”

Section: Estimating the Regolith Porosity In The Vicinity Of The Impactssupporting

confidence: 89%

Impact cutoff frequency – momentum scaling law inverted from Apollo seismic data

Гудкова

Lognonné

Miljković

et al. 2015

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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“…In addition, our results are also in agreement with regolith thickness estimates from radar optical data (Shkuratov and Bondarenko, 2001), crater morphology (Bart et al, 2011;Fig. 6.…”

Section: Estimating the Regolith Porosity In The Vicinity Of The Impactssupporting

confidence: 89%

Impact cutoff frequency – momentum scaling law inverted from Apollo seismic data

Гудкова

Lognonné

Miljković

et al. 2015

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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“…Our LPR imaging results show that the thickness of the global lunar regolith layer was underestimated in previous studies (e.g., refs. 1,20).…”

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Volcanic history of the Imbrium basin: A close-up view from the lunar rover Yutu

Zhang

Yang

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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We report the surface exploration by the lunar rover Yutu that landed on the young lava flow in the northeastern part of the Mare Imbrium, which is the largest basin on the nearside of the Moon and is filled with several basalt units estimated to date from 3.5 to 2.0 Ga. The onboard lunar penetrating radar conducted a 114-m-long profile, which measured a thickness of ∼5 m of the lunar regolith layer and detected three underlying basalt units at depths of 195, 215, and 345 m. The radar measurements suggest underestimation of the global lunar regolith thickness by other methods and reveal a vast volume of the last volcano eruption. The in situ spectral reflectance and elemental analysis of the lunar soil at the landing site suggest that the young basalt could be derived from an ilmenite-rich mantle reservoir and then assimilated by 10-20% of the last residual melt of the lunar magma ocean.volcanic history | Imbrium basin | lunar rover Yutu | lunar penetrating radar | Chang'e-3 mission

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“…While the origin of this observation remains unclear a plausible explanation may be that surface modification exhumed more course subsurface materials to the surface as has been suggested as a possible explanation for Tsiolkovsky . Another is that Mare Humorum is interpreted to have one of the thinnest (median thickness of 2.5 m) mare basaltic regoliths [Bart et al, 2011] and boulders and blocks may have less vertical regolith in which to settle within over time. This may lead to larger boulders and blocks concentrating at the surface and near subsurface regolith.…”

Section: Implications and Use Of Refined Terrane Designations: Previomentioning

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The Miniature Radio Frequency instrument’s (Mini-RF) global observations of Earth’s Moon

Cahill

Thomson

Patterson

et al. 2014

Icarus

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Global survey of lunar regolith depths from LROC images

Cited by 115 publications

References 19 publications

Impact cutoff frequency – momentum scaling law inverted from Apollo seismic data

Impact cutoff frequency – momentum scaling law inverted from Apollo seismic data

Volcanic history of the Imbrium basin: A close-up view from the lunar rover Yutu

The Miniature Radio Frequency instrument’s (Mini-RF) global observations of Earth’s Moon

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