Photogeologic Mapping of the Moon - Solar System Exploration
Photogeologic Mapping of the Moon - Solar System Exploration
Photogeologic Mapping of the Moon - Solar System Exploration
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Figure 16.1. Sample<br />
geologic map and<br />
derived stratigraphic<br />
column.<br />
Youngest<br />
Oldest<br />
Stratographic Column<br />
Geologic<br />
Unit<br />
Crater and<br />
Ejecta<br />
Smooth<br />
Plains<br />
Crater<br />
Terrain<br />
Exercise Sixteen:<br />
<strong>Photogeologic</strong> <strong>Mapping</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Moon</strong><br />
Structural<br />
Event<br />
Fault 2<br />
Fault 1<br />
Unit Name Observation<br />
Crater and<br />
Ejecta<br />
203<br />
Smooth<br />
Plains<br />
Crater<br />
Terrain<br />
Unit Descriptions<br />
rough, blocky<br />
surface, high<br />
albedo, surrounds<br />
and includes crater<br />
smooth plains, few<br />
craters, low albedo,<br />
lobate (rounded)<br />
margins<br />
rugged, heavily<br />
cratered plains,<br />
high albedo<br />
EG-1998-03-109-HQ Activities in Planetary Geology for <strong>the</strong> Physical and Earth Sciences<br />
Interpretation<br />
crater and ejecta<br />
formed by impact<br />
volcanic flow<br />
old unit, possibly <strong>of</strong><br />
volcanic origin, has<br />
had extensive<br />
cratering