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Contents
Don Wilhelms: Geologic History of the Moon
(US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348)Table of Contents
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Description
This detailed book gives Wilhelms' view of the geologic processes that have shaped the Moon's visible surface; and, as a result, his conclusions regarding the relative ages of the various features.
Additional Information
- Though long out of print, this book was scanned by personnel of the Northwestern University Center for Planetary Sciences and is now freely available over the internet, as a whole or in indivdual chapters, by courtesy of the Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration .
Chapters include:
- 1. General features
- 2. The stratigraphic approach
- 3. Crater materials
- 4. Basin materials-Orientale
- 5. Mare materials
- 6. Structure
- 7. Relative ages
- 8. Pre-Nectarian system
- 9. Nectarian System
- 10. Lower Imbrian Series
- 11. Upper Imbrian Series
- 12. Eratosthenian System
- 13. Copernican System
- 14. Summary
The book includes a series of color plates highlighting the surface features on both the near and farside that Wilhelms associates with his six age groups (the titles of chapters 8-13).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Wilhelms, Don E.; McCauley, John F.; and Trask, Newell Jefferson. 1987. The geologic history of the moon. Washington : Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Denver, CO. 302 p., 12 p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 38 cm.
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