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Documentation and environment of the Apollo 16 samples a preliminary report

Open-File Report 72-395
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr72395

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Abstract

This catalog is a working document that shows the locations from which samples were collected during the Apollo 16 mission, and that provides a descriptive geologic context for each sample. It is a compilation of notes from work in progress, and supersedes an earlier report prepared by the Apollo Lunar Geology Investigation Team.

The information in this report was obtained from the Air-to-Ground transcript from the astronaut crew, from lunar surface television, from 60 mm Hasselblad camera photographs, and from available LRL "mugshot" photographs of the samples. The sample descriptions are based on these sources of data, and do not reflect the more detailed examination that is presently underway in the LRL.

The report is still a preliminary study due to the short time available to review the rather copious data. The rocks have yet to be examined under collimated light and checked against the lunar surface photographs to make identification certain in all cases. The original orientation of the samples will, in time, as ascertained and photographically documented, and will be the subject of a final report on sample documentation.

The reader will find inconsistencies in the format throughout the report (and probably some errors). But we believe that it is more important to disseminate these data early rather than to delay with detailed editing sufficient to completely standardize the format.

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Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1972, Documentation and environment of the Apollo 16 samples a preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-395, 252 p. :ill. (some folded), folded maps ;27 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr72395.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Documentation and environment of the Apollo 16 samples a preliminary report
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 72-395
DOI 10.3133/ofr72395
Year Published 1972
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 252 p.
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