Apollo 17 seismic data are interpreted to determine the structure of the lunar crust to a depth of several kilometers. Seismic velocity increases in a marked stepwise manner beneath the Taurus-Littrow region at the Apollo 17 site. A thickness of about 1200 meters is indicated for the infilling mare basalts at Taurus-Littrow. The apparent velocity is high (about 4 kilometers per second) in the material immediately underlying the basalts.


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    Title :

    Apollo 17 seismic profiling - Probing the lunar crust.


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    Published in:

    Science ; 180


    Publication date :

    1973-06-08


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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