 | Wolfe, Edward W., Bailey, N.G., Lucchitta, Baerbel K., Muehlberger, W.R., Scott, D.H., Sutton, R.L., Wilshire, H.G., Batson, R.M., Larson, K.B., Tyner, R.L. (1981) The geologic investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley; Apollo 17 landing site, with a section on Apollo 17 lunar surface photography. Professional Paper 1080. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1080 | Report (issue) | | Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: *j Apollo 17 Landing Site GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...of the National Aeronautics ,and Space Administration The Geologic Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow...Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site By EDWARD W. WOLFE, NORMAN G. BAILEY, BAERBEL K. LUCCHITTA, WILLIAM...SUTTON, and HOWARD G. WILSHIRE With a section on APOLLO 17 LUNAR SURFACE PHOTOGRAPHY By RAYMOND M. BATSON...on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration A synthesis of Apollo 17 lunar surface |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1997 Copyright© 1997 ElsevierScienceLtd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/97 $17.00 + .00...00386-9 The complex stratigraphy of the highland crust in the Serenitatis region of the Moon inferred...natural drill holes into the Moon, and their ejecta carries unique information about the rock types and stratigraphy...stratigraphy of the lunar crust. We have conducted an electron microprobe study of mineral fragments in the poikilitic...melt breccias collected from the Taurus Mountains at the Apollo 17 landing site. These breccias are virtually |  | | Book (volume) | | PROCEEDINGS OF THE Volume 1: Mineralogy and Petrology GEOGHIMICA ETCpSNIQCHllyliCA AC^ China-America...una 14 DAY BOOK This book is due on or before the latest date stamped beiow MAR04’86'CSUN.l^/E8 2...COSMOCHIMICA ACTA # SUPPLEMENT 5 PROCEEDINGS OE THE FIFTH LUNAR SCIENCE CONFERENCE Houston, Texas, March...THREE VOLUMES deal primarily with Earth and its Moon, but in a very real sense they are discussing,...histories of planetary bodies throughout the solar system, if not the universe. It is in this rather philosophical |  | Winzer, Stephen R., Nava, D.F., Schuhmann, P.J., Lum, R.K.L., Schuhmann, S., Lindstrom, M.M., Lindstrom, D.J., Philpotts, J.A. (1977) The Apollo 17 “melt sheet”: Chemistry, age and Rb/Sr systematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 33 (3) 389-400 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(77)90090-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Company, Amsterdam - Printed in The Netherlands 389 [21 THE APOLLO 17 "MELT SHEET": CHEMISTRY, AGE AND...compositions, age data and Rb/Sr systematics of Apollo 17 boulders have been compiled,.and additional analyses...clast (77215) included in the Apollo 17, Station 7 boulder. The Apollo 17 boulders are found to be identical...melt sheets found in larger terrestrial craters. The matrix dates (40Ar/39Ar) and Rb/Sr systematics available...dunites about 4.4 b.y. old. The impact was likely a major one, possibly the Serenitatis basin-forming event |  | Fernandes, V. A., Fritz, J., Weiss, B. P., Garrick-Bethell, I., Shuster, D. L. (2013) The bombardment history of the Moon as recorded by40Ar-39Ar chronology. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48 (2) 241-269 doi:10.1111/maps.12054 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2013) doi: 10.1111/maps.12054 The bombardment history of the Moon as recorded by 40 Ar-39Ar chronology...been obtained for 1–3 mm sized rock fragments from Apollo 16 Station 13 soil 63503 (North Ray crater ejecta)...collected by Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions. Selection of these samples was aimed at the old 40Ar-39Ar...40Ar-39Ar ages to understand the early history of the lunar magnetic field and impact flux. Fifteen samples...feldspathic fragmental breccias, and impact melts. The impact ages obtained range between approximately |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Abstract—Solarwind erosion of rocks on the lunar surface and the implanting of solarwind particles in...important processes of space weathering. The latter process leads to the accumulation of inert gases in mineral...indicate that, depending on the composition and structure of the particles, the concentrations of implanted...within roughly three to four orders of magnitude. The lowest He implantation coefficient was deter mined...INTRODUCTION Solar wind is generated during the gasdynamic expansion of the solar corona into interplanetary space |  | | Report (issue) | | ADMINISTRATION APOLLO 17 PRELIMINARY SCIENCE REPORT Apollo 17 command and service module over the Taurus-Littrow...Taurus-Littrow landing site. NASA SP-330 Preliminary Science Report PREPARED BY LYNDOI\1 B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...Washington, D.C. EDITORIAL BOARD The material submitted for the "Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report"...reviewed by a NASA Editorial Review Board consisting of the following members: Robert A. Parker (Chairman), Richard...right: (I) The command and service module scientific instrument module bay viewed from the lunar module |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/loi/tigr20 Exploring the Complexities of the Serenitatis Basin: Breccia Clasts from Apollo 17 a Clive R. Neal...(1998) Exploring the Complexities of the Serenitatis Basin: Breccia Clasts from Apollo 17, International...effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on...whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions...in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | - Printed In The Netherlands PRELIMINARY PETROGRAPHIC OF THE APOLLO DESCRIPTION 17 S T A T I O N...and 77115 are pIgeonite feldspathlc basalts. On the basis of geologic and petrographic evidence, 77115...before being engulfed In the vesicular 77135. The Impact or Igneous origin of the melts from which these...clasts of orthopyroxene and calcic plagloclase. The orthopyroxene clasts contain coarse exsolved blebs...blebs of auglte, suggesting a deep-seated origin The major, minor, and trace element compositions of 77135 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University, Palisades, New York 1 0964 INTRODUCTION The lunar surface can be divided into three major lithologic...properties, the most obvious of which is the brightness or albedo of the individual units. In general, the terra...regions are uniformly much brighter than the mare. Wherever sampled, the mare basalts, which partially fill...but chemically different, thicker veneer covers the terra regions. As a consequence of this surface blanket...from the Moon. Despite this, it has been possible to collect samples of local bedrock from both the mare |  | | Report (issue) | | ; ,: &. THE 0: ?$? $ W -^ U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348 *w COVER The region of...of the Imbrium and Serenitatis basins during six episodes of lunar history. From lower right to upper...upper left, the paintings depict the Moon's surface as it may have looked (1) late in the Nectarian Period;...Period; (2) in the Early Imbrian Epoch, soon after formation of the Imbrium basin; (3) late in the Early Imbrian...Imbrian Epoch; (4) in the Late Imbrian Epoch; (5) in the Eratosthenian Period; and (6) as it is today Paintings |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/epsl New constraints on the lithium isotope compositions of the Moon and terrestrial planets Tomáš...isotope data are reported for samples from the Earth, Moon, Mars and Vesta and provide evidence of broadly...+3.8 ± 0.4‰ taken as the best estimate for the average composition of the Moon. Other samples are isotopically...cumulate–melt layers during crystallisation of the magma ocean. The most extreme lunar δ7Li is found in a ferroan...olivines reflect the composition of the bulk Earth, the Li isotope compositions of Earth and Moon are identical |  | | Book | | The Moon - our sister planet Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin...https://archive.org/details/moonoursisterplaOOOOcado The Moon — our sister planet PETER H. CADOGAN CAMBRIDGE...ROCHELLE Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington...publication data Cadogan, Peter H. The Moon - our sister planet 1. Moon I. Title 523.3 QB581 80-41564 ISBN... Contents Preface v page vii The Moon from a distance 1 1.1 Why study the Moon? 1 1.2 Basic motion and |  | Shearer, C. K., Elardo, S. M., Petro, N. E., Borg, L. E., McCubbin, F. M. (2015) Origin of the lunar highlands Mg-suite: An integrated petrology, geochemistry, chronology, and remote sensing perspective. American Mineralogist, 100 (1) 294-325 doi:10.2138/am-2015-4817 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Review THE SECOND CONFERENCE ON THE LUNAR HIGHLANDS CRUST AND NEW DIRECTIONS Origin of the lunar highlands...Livermore, California 94550, U.S.A. 1 Abstract The Mg-suite represents an enigmatic episode of lunar...lunar highlands magmatism that presumably represents the first stage of crustal building following primordial...This review examines the mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, chronology, and the planetary-scale distribution...explores the link between this style of magmatism and early stages of lunar differentiation. Of the models |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | been extensively m~~orphos~ during the late heavy bombardment of the Moon 3.9-4.0 AE ago. Rubidium and other...estimating the original Rb content on the basis of Sm or other, less mobile, incompatible elements. The principal...principal uncertainty on the corrected model ages of 4.2U.45 AE comes from the original Sm/Rb ratio. Highland...differences among KREEPenriched rocks from different landing sites becomes noticeable. These differences correspond...9-4.0 AE ago. The resulting impact melts were contaminated with meteoritic material from the bombarding |  | Černok, Ana, White, Lee Francis, Darling, James, Dunlop, Joseph, Anand, Mahesh (2019) Shock‐induced microtextures in lunar apatite and merrillite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (6) 1262-1282 doi:10.1111/maps.13278 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mahesh ANAND1,5 1 2 School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA...Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK 5 Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK 6 Current...February 2019) Abstract–Apatite and merrillite are the most common phosphate minerals in a wide range of...situ age dating, as well as for determination of the volatile abundances and their isotopic composition...set of well-studied lunar highlands samples (Apollo 17 Mg-suite rocks 76535, 76335, 72255, 78235, and |  | | Book | | The Lunar Sourcebook, a concisely presented collection of data gathered during the American and Soviet...current scientific and technical information about the Moon. This book provides a thorough introduction to...information about the nature of the lunar environment. It explores the formation and evolution of the Moon’s surface...surface, the chemical and mineralogical nature of lunar rocks and soils, and the current state of scientific...scientific knowledge about the nature, origin, and history of the Moon. The book is written and edited by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | available online 2 April 2012 Abstract Despite the very low chromium concentrations in its cumulus olivine...chromite grains. These mechanisms would imply that the highly Cr-depleted nature of Mg-suite parental magmas...veins in 76535 with the goals of constraining the origin of the symplectites, and the degree of Cr-depletion...primary crystallization product of the 76535 parental magma. Accordingly, the post-cumulus addition of Cr and...is required to produce the symplectites. After considering multiple models, the addition of Cr and Fe |  | Shkuratov, Y., Kaydash, V., Korokhin, V., Velikodsky, Y., Opanasenko, N., Videen, G. (2011) Optical measurements of the Moon as a tool to study its surface. Planetary and Space Science, 59 (13) 1326-1371 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/pss Review Article Optical measurements of the Moon as a tool to study its surface Y. Shkuratov a...2010 Received in revised form 14 June 2011 Accepted 17 June 2011 Available online 30 June 2011 This survey...general overview of modern optical studies of the Moon and their diagnostic meaning. It includes three...and polarimetry. The first one is devoted to the progress in the photometry of the Moon, which includes...determination to refine the albedo scale (e.g., to connect lunar observations and the data of lunar sample |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER Prepared on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1046-B...BOYGE, G. G. SCHABER, and D. H. SGOTT APOEEO 15-17 GEOEOGIGAE ORBITAE SURVEY INVESTIGATIONS PROFESSION...PROFESSION AE PAPER 1046-B Prepared on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration UNITED...WASHINGTON : 1980 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CECIL D. ANDRUS, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Survey. Lunar remote sensing and measurements. (Apollo 15-17 orbital investigations) (Geological Survey professional |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | 38-297 WITHDRAWN LIR-ARY SFASU Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin...COSMOCHIMICA SUPPLEMENT ACTA 7 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH LUNAR SCIENCE Houston, Texas, March CONFERENCE...wonderful worlds, the illustration of Un for GRANDVILLE including Autre Monde of the leading caricature...superb and the delights of political satirists of early nineteenth-century France, developing the art of...targets (prominent members of the French it expedient to suppress the journals in which he published |  | | Book | | Science: A Lunar Perspective STUART ROSS TAYLOR The Moon depicted in apainting by Donato Creti. Oil on...xiii.] Courtesy the Vatican Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie. This illustrates the state of planetary...planetary observation at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Most of the succeeding advances in thisfield...thisfield have occurred in the past decade. Planetary Science: A Lunar Perspective STUART ROSS TAYLOR...ROAD 1 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058 Copyright @ 1982 by the Lunar and Planetary Institute. This work relates |  | | Report (volume) | | MINERALOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY Volume 60 NEW VIEWS of the MOON EDITORS: Bradley L. Jolliff, Mark A. Wieczorek...This book is dedicated to the memory of the late Graham Ryder, who was one of the original four members of...of CAPTEM when the New Views of the Moon scientific initiative was first conceived. Graham, who was a...owing to his broad knowledge of the lunar samples and his residence at the Lunar and Planetary Institute...where CAPTEM met, was a logical choice to be one of the co-leaders of this lunarscience initiative. Not only |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | States b Department of Physical Sciences, CEPSAR, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA...Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom Received 17 June 2013;...2014; available online 30 January 2014 Abstract The heterogeneous-source model of mare basalt formation...trace element compositions. The aim of this work was to investigate the petrology and geochemistry of...of a diverse suite of Apollo mare basalts, and utilise trace-element modelling in order to understand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 36th ANNUAL MEETING THE METEORITICAL SOCIETY August 26-31, 1973...BASALTIC ACHONDR ITE AND EARLY IGNEOUS ACTIVITY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM C. J. Allegre, J. L. Birck and S. Fourcade... cristobalite and quintessence) was obtained on the basaltic achondrite, Juvinas, yielding an age of...products. The age therefore proves that igneous processes occurred in a parent body early in the history...history of the solar system. Furthermore, the time-thermal constraint implies that the parent body was at least |
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