Major Lunar Crustal Terranes: Surface Expressions and Crust-Mantle Origins
Abstract
Global data show that the Moon's crust consists of 3 major geologic terranes (Feldspathic Highlands, Procellarum KREEP, South Pole-Aitken). Each represents the surface expression of a geologic province with distinctive character at depth and geologic history.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999LPI....30.1670J