Thicknesses of mare basalts on the Moon from gravity and topography
Thicknesses of mare basalts on the Moon from gravity and topography
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Date
2016-05-11
Authors
Gong, Shengxia
Wieczorek, Mark A.
Nimmo, Francis
Kiefer, Walter S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6741-5460
Head, James W.
Huang, Chengli
Smith, David E.
Zuber, Maria T.
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American Geophysical Union
Abstract
A new method of determining the thickness of mare basalts on the Moon is introduced that is made possible by high‐resolution gravity data acquired from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission.
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Basalt,
Lunar geology,
GRAIL (Artificial satellites)
Citation
Gong, S., M. A. Wieczorek, F. Nimmo, W. S. Kiefer, J. W. Head, C. Huang, D. E. Smith, and M. T. Zuber (2016), Thicknesses of mare basalts on the Moon from gravity and topography, J. Geophys. Res. Planets,121, 854–870, doi:10.1002/2016JE005008.