GRAIL gravity constraints on the vertical and lateral density structure of the lunar crust

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Besserer, Jonathan, Nimmo, Francis, Wieczorek, Mark, Weber, Renee, Kiefer, Walter, Mcgovern, Patrick, Andrews-Hanna, Jeffrey, Smith, David, Zuber, Maria
• Other Authors: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Santa Cruz, University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP (UMR_7154)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston (LPI), Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MIT, Cambridge (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02458599; https://hal.science/hal-02458599/document; https://hal.science/hal-02458599/file/Besserer%20et%20al.%202014.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060240

International audience We analyzed data from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission using a localized admittance approach to map out spatial variations in the vertical density structure of the lunar crust. Mare regions are characterized by a distinct decrease in density with de...