Wilhelms, 1987

Don Wilhelms: Geologic History of the Moon

(US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348)

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).

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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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