scholarly journals The “Procellarum KREEP Terrane”: Implications for mare volcanism and lunar evolution

2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (E8) ◽  
pp. 20417-20430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Wieczorek ◽  
Roger J. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Evolution ◽  
Mare Volcanism

scholarly journals Capture of interplanetary bodies in geocentric orbits and early lunar evolution

2005 ◽  
Vol 114 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malapaka Shivakumar ◽  
N. Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Evolution

scholarly journals Scientific Knowledge of the Moon, 1609 to 1969

Geosciences ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Charles Wood
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Lunar Evolution ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
Over Time

Discoveries stemming from the Apollo 11 mission solved many problems that had vexed scientists for hundreds of years. Research and discoveries over the preceding 360 years identified many critical questions and led to a variety of answers: How did the Moon form, how old is its surface, what is the origin of lunar craters, does the Moon have an atmosphere, how did the Moon change over time, is the Moon geologically active today, and did life play any role in lunar evolution? In general, scientists could not convincingly answer most of these questions because they had too little data and too little understanding of astronomy and geology, and were forced to rely on reasoning and speculation, in some cases wasting hundreds of years of effort. Surprisingly, by 1969, most of the questions had been correctly answered, but a paucity of data made it uncertain which answers were correct.

Geological Characteristics of the Moon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Xiao ◽  
James W. Head
Keyword(s):  
The Moon ◽  
Planetary Evolution ◽  
Geological Characteristics ◽  
Lunar Interior ◽  
Geological Processes ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Geological Features ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lunar Evolution ◽  
Human Exploration

The geological characteristics of the Moon provide the fundamental data that permit the study of the geological processes that have formed and modified the crust, that record the state and evolution of the lunar interior, and that identify the external processes that have been important in lunar evolution. Careful documentation of the stratigraphic relationships among these features can then be used to reconstruct the sequence of events and the geological history of the Moon. These results can then be placed in the context of the geological evolution of the terrestrial planets, including Earth. The Moon’s global topography and internal structures include landforms and features that comprise the geological characteristics of its surface. The Moon is dominated by the ancient cratered highlands and the relatively younger flat and smooth volcanic maria. Unlike the current geological characteristics of Earth, the major geological features of the Moon (impact craters and basins, lava flows and related features, and tectonic scarps and ridges) all formed predominantly in the first half of the solar system’s history. In contrast to the plate-tectonic dominated Earth, the Moon is composed of a single global lithospheric plate (a one-plate planet) that has preserved the record of planetary geological features from the earliest phases of planetary evolution. Exciting fundamental outstanding questions form the basis for the future international robotic and human exploration of the Moon.

Geochemistry, petrology and ages of the lunar meteorites Kalahari 008 and 009: New constraints on early lunar evolution

2008 ◽  
Vol 72 (19) ◽  
pp. 4845-4873 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. Sokol ◽  
V.A. Fernandes ◽  
T. Schulz ◽  
A. Bischoff ◽  
R. Burgess ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Evolution ◽  
Lunar Meteorites
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