(LAC-11) Geologic map of the J. Herschel quadrangle of the moon
IMAP
604
By: G. E. Ulrich
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Abstract
Lunar surface materials are classed into units on the basis of visual observations and data from telescopic and Lunar Orbiter photographs. Each unit has a distinctive range of physical characteristics, such as topography and albedo (reflectivity under full-Moon illumination), and is considered analogous to a terrestrial rock-stratigraphic formation. These characteristics rather than lithologic properties must, of necessity, suffice to define the units; however, the morphologic nature of most mappable units on the Moon, is, of itself, suggestive of a certain lithologic composition, based on analogous terranes on Earth.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | (LAC-11) Geologic map of the J. Herschel quadrangle of the moon |
| Series title | IMAP |
| Series number | 604 |
| Subseries | MOON |
| DOI | 10.3133/i604 |
| Year Published | 1969 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 1 map |
| Other Geospatial | Moon |
| Scale | 1000000 |