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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>H. J. Moore</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1967</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;Seleucus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt; quadrangle lies in the northwestern part of the Oceanus &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;Procellarum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;, a large mare of irregular shape in the western part of the earthside hemisphere of the Moon. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;Material of the mare occupies most of the quadrangle. Craters ranging from 1 to 44 km in diameter are scattered over the smooth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt; mare surface; in addition, a few isolated hills and ridges rise above the mare. In the east-central &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;part of the quadrangle, the Aristarchus plateau (informal name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt; slopes gently westward and merges with the surrounding surface of Oceanus &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;Procellarum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;. The plat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193421197 BCX8"&gt;eau is also known for its reddish color and light absorption properties (Wood, 1912), and areas where occasional reddish glows have been seen (Greenacre, 1965).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW193421197 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3133/i527</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>(LAC-38) Geologic map of the Seleucus quadrangle of the moon</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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