The data pf ground-based studies and surveys of the lunar surface by the Zond and Apollo spacecraft have been used to construct an albedo map covering 80 percent of the lunar sphere. Statistical analysis of the distribution of areas with various albedos shows several types of lunar surface. Comparison of albedo data for maria and continental areas with the results of geochemical orbital surveys allows the identification of the types of surface with known types of lunar rock. The aluminum/silcon and magnesium/silicon ratios as measured by the geochemical experiments on the Apollo 15 and Apollo 16 spacecraft were used as an indication of the chemical composition of the rock. The relationship of the relative aluminum content to the age of crystalline rocks allows a direct dependence to be constructed between the mean albedo of areas and the age of the rocks of which they are composed.


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    Titel :

    The surface abundance and stratigraphy of lunar rocks from data about their albedo


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1977-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    LUNAR STRATIGRAPHY

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    LUNAR STRATIGRAPHY

    ADAMS, JOHN | AIAA | 1963


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    Wilhelms, D. E. | NTRS | 1966


    Lunar rocks.

    Okeefe, J. A. | NTRS | 1967