The Apollo peak-ring impact basin: Insights into the structure and evolution of the South Pole-Aitken basin

The 492 km-diameter Apollo impact basin post-dates, and is located at the inner edge of, the similar to 2240 km diameter South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, providing an opportunity to assess the SPA substructure and lateral heterogeneity. Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory gravity data suggest an...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Icarus
Main Authors: Potter, Ross W. K., Head, James W., Guo, Dijun, Liu, Jianzhong, Xiao, Long
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE 2018
Subjects:
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cratering
Impact processes
Moon
surface
interior
SCHRODINGER-BASIN
LUNAR EXPLORATION
ANCIENT VOLCANISM
ORIENTALE BASIN
MISSION CONCEPT
COMPLEX CRATER
ORIGIN
CRUST
ROCK
Aitken
Apollo Peak
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:http://ir.gig.ac.cn/handle/344008/45139
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.02.007

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