Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) observations have established that some of the small wrinkle ridges on the Moon are certainly Copernican, and possibly active within a few Ma or even active at present. Recently, Valantinas and Schultz pointed out that some of these wrinkle ridges show an excess abundance of meter-scale blocks in Diviner rock abundance data, which supports the idea that tectonic activity must be recent, because the half-life of meter-scale blocks on the Moon is only 40-80 Ma. These wrinkle ridges also have sharp topography and cross-cutting relationships with fresh craters that also speak to their youth. We argue here that these block-rich, young wrinkle ridges are interesting exploration targets. We first describe some objectives and concepts for exploring these landforms in a general sense, and then focus on one candidate landing area, Dorsa Aldrovandi.
Exploring the Neotectonics of the Moon: The Young, Rocky, Dorsa Aldrovandi Wrinkle Ridge Northwest of Taurus-Littrow
Landing Sites and Capabilities for Future CLPS Deliveries ; 2021 ; Virtual, US
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The Volcanoes of Taurus-Littrow — Explosive Volcanism on the Moon
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