Orbital-science investigation: Part F: regional geology of Hadley Rille
Keith A. Howard, James W. Head
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Study of the sinuous Hadley Rille (fig. 25-45) was a primary goal of the Apollo 15 mission. Local geology of the rille near the landing site is described in section 5 of this report. Preliminary study of orbital photography from Hasselblad, metric, and panoramic cameras makes possible a description of...
Photogrammetry and altimetry: Part B: photogrammetry using Apollo 16 orbital photography
Sherman S.C. Wu, Francis J. Schafer, Raymond Jordan, Gary M. Nakata
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The Apollo 15 and 16 metric and panoramic cameras have provided photographs for accurate topographic portrayal of the lunar surface using photogrammetric methods. In turn, quantitative morphologic analyses of topographic results are invaluable aids in the interpretation of the geologic processes....
Orbital-science investigation: Part L: selected volcanic features
Mareta N. West
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Preliminary examination of Apollo 15 orbital photographs indicates a large number of volcanic features. One area of exceptionally interesting volcanic activity is depicted in figure 25-74. Located approximately at latitude 25° S and longitude 123° E on the lunar far side, this region also is covered by panoramic camera photographs...
Photogrammetry and altimetry: Part C: frequency distributions of lunar slopes
Sherman S.C. Wu, H. J. Moore
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The metric and panoramic cameras aboard the Apollo 16 spacecraft provided photographs on which photogrammetric techniques may be used to obtain precise measurements of horizontal distances and elevations. These measurements of horizontal distances and elevations. These measurements may in turn be used to obtain slope-frequency distributions of lunar surfaces at...
Orbital-science investigation: Part J: preliminary geologic map of the region around the candidate Proclus Apollo landing site
Don E. Wilhelms
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
The Proclus Crater region was mapped to test the value, for photogeologic mapping purposes, of Apollo 15 metric photographs and to estimate the scientific value of the area as a potential landing site. A metric photographic frame (fig. 25-67) serves as a base for a map of the region around...
Photogeology: Part L: crater morphometry
Richard J. Pike
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Morphometric analysis of lunar craters (ref. 29-75) complements the more traditional photointerpretive study of crater morphology. These two indirect approaches to the scientific investigation of lunar craters continue to be productive because the preferred alternative method, direct field examination of specific large craters, is not being undertaken in the current...
Photogeology: Part W: Apollo 16 landing site: summary of Earth-based remote sensing data
S.H. Zisk, Harold Masursky, D.J. Milton, G. G. Schaber, R.W. Shorthill, T.W. Thompson
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The purpose of the infrared (IR) and radar study of the Apollo data is to establish lunar surface conditions in the vicinity of the orbital tracks of the Apollo command modules during the J-series missions. Correlations and comparisons between the Earth-based radar observations, IR observations, and other data will be...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Death Valley region, California
Don R. Mabey
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 1,500 gravity observations in eastern California. Coverage includes Saline Valley, Panamint Valley, Searles Basin, Death Valley, the southern Amargosa Desert and the enclosed and adjoining highlands. These data were used in preparation...
Orbital-science investigation: Part B: photogrammetric analysis of Apollo 15 records
Frederick J. Doyle
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
The three cameras—stellar, mapping, and panoramic—together with the laser altimeter, all included in the scientific instrument module (SIM) bay, represent an integrated photogrammatric system with extraordinary potential for extending knowledge of the lunar figure, surface configuration, and geological structure....
Photogeology: Part J: ranger and other impact craters photographed by Apollo 16
H. J. Moore
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The Apollo 16 crew photographed an unusual variety of impact craters, including the two craters produced by the impacts of Ranger 7 and 9 spacecraft, small craters produced by boulders as they bounced downslope, craters with marked bilateral symmetry, and primary craters with a wide range of morphologies and sizes....
Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 16 landing site
W.R. Muehlberger, R. M. Batson, E. L. Boudette, C.M. Duke, R. E. Eggleton, D. P. Elston, A. W. England, V. L. Freeman, M. H. Hait, T.A. Hall, J.W. Head, C. A. Hodges, H. E. Holt, E.D. Jackson, J.A. Jordan, K.B. Larson, D.J. Milton, V. S. Reed, J. J. Rennilson, G. G. Schaber, J.P. Schafer, L. T. Silver, D. Stuart-Alexander, R. L. Sutton, G.A. Swann, R.L. Tyner, G. E. Ulrich, H. G. Wilshire, E.W. Wolfe, J.W. Young
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The Apollo 16 landing site in the lunar central highlands encompassed terra plains and adjacent mountainous areas of hilly and furrowed terra. These morphologic units, representing important terrane types in the lunar highlands, had been interpreted as volcanic on most premission geologic maps. However, it became apparent during the mission...
Photogeology: Part G: structural aspects of Imbrium sculpture
David H. Scott
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Apollo 16 metric photographs taken at low to high Sun angles (from approximately 7° to 40°) provide the first stereographic coverage of the distinctive landforms collectively referred to as "Imbrium sculpture" (refs. 29-40 and 29-41). The sculpture consists of a series of nearly linear ridges and troughs extending radially outward...
Orbital-science investigation: Part C: photogrammetry of Apollo 15 photography
Sherman S.C. Wu, Francis J. Schafer, Raymond Jordan, Gary M. Nakata, James L. Derick
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Mapping of large areas of the Moon by photogrammetric methods was not seriously considered until the Apollo 15 mission. In this mission, a mapping camera system and a 61-cm optical-bar high-resolution panoramic camera, as well as a laser altimeter, were used. The mapping camera system comprises a 7.6-cm metric terrain...
Photogeology: Part D: Descartes highlands: possible analogs around the Orientale Basin
Carroll Ann Hodges
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The Descartes highlands are adjacent to the terra plain on which the Apollo 16 lunar module landed (fig. 29-13). A variety of volcanic origins was proposed for the highlands before the mission (refs. 29-4, 29-21, and 29-35 to 29-37), but the returned samples of the area consist almost exclusively of...
Ground-water conditions in the central Virgin River basin, Utah
R.M. Cordova, G. W. Sandberg, Wilson McConkie
1972, Technical Publication 40
Water-rights problems have occurred in the central Virgin River basin and are expected to increase as development of the water resources increases. The Utah State Engineer needs a basic knowledge of ground-water conditions and of the relation of ground water to surface water as a first step to understanding and...
Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 15 landing site
G.A. Swann, N. G. Bailey, R. M. Batson, V. L. Freeman, M. H. Hait, J.W. Head, H. E. Holt, K. A. Howard, J.B. Irwin, K.B. Larson, W.R. Muehlberger, V. S. Reed, J. J. Rennilson, G. G. Schaber, D.R. Scott, L. T. Silver, R. L. Sutton, G. E. Ulrich, H. G. Wilshire, E.W. Wolfe
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
The Apollo 15 lunar module (LM) landed at longitude 03°39'20'' E, latitude 26°26'00'' N on the mare surface of Palus Putredinis on the eastern edge of the Imbrium Basin. The site is between the Apennine Mountain front and Hadley Rille. The objectives of the mission, in order of decreasing priority,...
Photogeology: Part B: Cayley Formation interpreted as basin ejecta
R. E. Eggleton, G. G. Schaber
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The discovery that samples returned from the Cayley Formation at the Apollo 16 landing site consist mainly of nonvolcanic breccias (secs. 6 and 7 of this report) suggests that the hypothesis in which light plains-forming materials may be ejecta from multi-ring basins should be reevaluated (refs 29-15 to 29-17). Improved...
Photogeology: Part A: relative ages of some near-side and far-side terra plains based on Apollo 16 metric photography
Laurence A. Soderblom, Joseph M. Boyce
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The materials of most light or terra plains predate the lunar maria and postdate the Imbrian event. In the vicinity of the Imbrium Basin, these materials have been called the Cayley Formation (ref. 29-3) but because of the subtle diversity of the terra plains over the near side, Whilhelms and...
Photogeology: Part N: ejecta blankets of large craters exemplified by King Crater
Keith A. Howard
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Details of the ejecta blankets of large, fresh craters provide insight into the mechanics of deposition and the sequence of emplacement of impact debris. King Crater is the freshest of the three large, rayed craters photographed from Apollo 16; the others are Theophilus and Langrenus Craters. King Crater is comparable...
Photogeology: Part F: reinterpretations of the northern Nectaris Basin
Don E. Wilhelms
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Geologic units of the Nectaris Basin rim have been interpreted as partly impact and partly volcanic in origin (refs. 29-4, 29-21, 29-35, 29-38, and 29-39). An exclusively volcanic origin was proposed for the material in the vicinity of the Apollo 16 landing site, slightly northwest of the Nectaris Basin (ref....
Photogeology: Part S: mare ridges and arches in southern Oceanus Procellarum
George W. Colton, Keith A. Howard, Henry J. Moore
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Low-relief mare features such as ridges and arches are best studied by using stereoscopic photographs taken at low Sun angles. Apollo 16 metric camera photography of the southern Oceanus Procellarum east of Letronne Crater reveals a diversity of subtle features (fig. 29-125) and adds significantly to an understanding of the...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the San Francisco district and adjoining areas, Utah
Donald L. Peterson
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 450 gravity observations in southwestern Utah....
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Bearpaw Mountains and vicinity, Montana
Donald L. Peterson, William L. Rambo
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 500 gravity observations in north-central Montana. These data were used in preparation of -- Peterson, Donald L. and Rambo, William L., 1967, Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Bearpaw Mountains and vicinity,...
Principal facts for gravity stations for the Central Arizona Project
Donald L. Peterson
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 2460 gravity observations in south-central Arizona. "These data were used in preparation of -- Peterson, Donald L., 1968, Bouguer gravity map of parts of Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Yuma Counties, Arizona: U.S....
Orbital-science investigation: Part O: regional variations in the magnitude of heiligenschein and causal connections
Robert L. Wildey
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Approximately 35 reasonably good candidates for specialized photometric studies were found during a thorough examination of the frames exposed by the Apollo 15 metric camera. Of these, the majority was of value in heiligenschein studies (refs. 25-36 to 25-38). A few were of value for limited-interval delineation of the photometric...
