Stratigraphic List

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Stratigraphic List of Major Craters and Basins

Stratigraphy - glossary entry


A list of the major craters and basins of each stratigraphic age group. Try to find them all, and as you view them, notice the features that characterize their assigned ages.

Copernican

Present - 1.1 b.y.
Copernicus
Tycho
Aristarchus
Kepler
Eudoxus

Eratosthenian

1.1 - 3.2 b.y.
Eratosthenes
Pythagoras
Bullialdus
Theophilus
Langrenus

Upper Imbrium

3.2 - 3.75 b.y.
Archimedes
Plato
Posidonius
Piccolomini
Sinus Iridum

Lower Imbrian

3.75 - 3.85 b.y.
Petavius
Arzachel
Cassini
Macrobius
Vitello

Nectarian

3.85 - 3.92 b.y.
Cleomedes
Clavius
Humorum
Crisium
Nectaris

Pre-Nectarian

3.92 - 4.5 b.y.
Manzinus
Grimaldi
Ptolemaeus
Tranquillitatis
Gargantuan

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