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Preliminary geologic map of the Schickard Quadrangle of the Moon

Open-File Report 71-169
Prepared in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the USAF Aeronautical Chart and Information Center
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Abstract

The Schickard quadrangle lies in the southwest quadrant of the near side of the moon between the Humorum mare basin to the northeast, the Orientale basin multi-ring structure to the northwest, and the crater Tycho to the east. A northward trending arcuate chain of large craters occurs along the south and west margins of the quadrangle and appears to include the crater Schickard. The geology of the quadrangle should therefore record episodes related to the development of these nearby major lunar features considered to represent earliest (pre-Imbrian) to latest (late Copernican) events in the geologic history of the moon. 

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Preliminary geologic map of the Schickard Quadrangle of the Moon
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 71-169
DOI 10.3133/ofr71169
Year Published 1971
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 1 Plate: 41.33 x 26.5o inches
Projection Lambert Conformal Projection
Scale 1000000
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