Evidence for impact melt sheets in lunar highland smooth plains and implications for polar landing sites
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.025
Abstract: Abstract Smooth plains units attributed to fluidized basin ejecta occur over much of the lunar highlands. We examined 4–20 km diameter Imbrian- and Eratosthenian-period craters in the southern highlands that have high 12.6-cm wavelength radar backscatter… read more here.
Keywords: impact melt; evidence impact; sheets lunar; smooth plains ... See more keywords
Low sulfide concentration in Mercury’s smooth plains inhibits hollows
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add6452
Abstract: MESSENGER (Mercury, Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging) mission to Mercury led to the discovery of hollows. These geological landforms have no close counterpart on other airless silicate bodies. Multispectral images and geochemical measurements by… read more here.
Keywords: sulfide concentration; smooth plains; concentration mercury; low sulfide ... See more keywords