Mutch, 1970

Mutch: Geology of the Moon: a stratigraphic view (1970)

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Description

A geologist's attempt, at the height of the Apollo program, to summarize the geologic mapping and analysis of the Moon accomplished to that point.
 
 

Additional Information

• Part of the purpose of the book was to preserve a snapshot of lunar thinking just prior to the return of the first surface samples from Apollo, although a final chapter was adding describing the first results from Apollo 11.
• The author's photo appears twice in the Warner Collection

• Contents
  • History's Lessons
  • The Moon's Shape and Motion
  • Remote Sensing Techniques
  • Lunar Craters and Terrestrial Analogs
  • Imbrium Basin Stratigraphy
  • Other Basins - Other Stratigraphies
  • Crater Stratigraphy
  • Volcanic Stratigraphy
  • Highland Stratigraphy
  • Relative and Absolute Ages of Lunar Materials
  • Lunar Stratigraphy Reconsidered
  • Apollo XI Results
  • Appendix A: Geologic Maps of the Moon at a Scale of 1:1,000,000 (list)
  • Appendix B: Index Map of the Earthside of the Moon

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Bibliography

Mutch, Thomas A. 1970. Geology of the moon; a stratigraphic view. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 
 
 

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