Geology of the Moon
eBook - PDF

Geology of the Moon

A Stratigraphic View

  1. 402 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Geology of the Moon

A Stratigraphic View

About this book

This edition reviews the results of Apollos 11, 12, 14, and 15. Included are approximately sixty new pages of text and forty new photographs and pictures. Thomas A. Mutch has written this book for students of lunar geology and scientists in diverse fields related to astrogeology as well as for the interested layman.

Originally published in 1973.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. I. History's Lessons
  6. II. The Moon's Shape and Motion
  7. III. Remote Sensing Techniques
  8. IV. Lunar Craters and Terrestrial Analogs
  9. V. Imbrium Basin Stratigraphy
  10. VI. Other Basins-Other Stratigraphies
  11. VII. Crater Stratigraphy
  12. VIII. Volcanic Stratigraphy
  13. IX. Highland Stratigraphy
  14. X. Relative and Absolute Ages of Lunar Materials
  15. XI. Lunar Stratigraphy Reconsidered
  16. XII. Apollo Results
  17. Appendix A: Geologic Maps of the Moon at a Scale of 1: 1,000,000
  18. Appendix B: Index Map of the Earthside of the Moon
  19. References
  20. Index