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| − | <em>image by [mailto:gibbidomine@libero.it Raf Lena], Rome, Italy</em><br /> | + | <em>image by [mailto:gibbidomine@libero.it" rel="nofollow Raf Lena], Rome, Italy</em><br /> |
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The western edge of Mare Fecunditatis is a submerged terrain where lavas have covered and embayed pre-existing craters and mountains.<br /> | The western edge of Mare Fecunditatis is a submerged terrain where lavas have covered and embayed pre-existing craters and mountains.<br /> | ||
There are few large features younger than the mare lavas (Taruntius is the biggest), so crater walls are broken and submerged, and Goclenius,<br /> | There are few large features younger than the mare lavas (Taruntius is the biggest), so crater walls are broken and submerged, and Goclenius,<br /> | ||
Columbo and Cook all have flooded interiors, like Plato and Archimedes, showing that magma came up fractures associated with basin edge<br /> | Columbo and Cook all have flooded interiors, like Plato and Archimedes, showing that magma came up fractures associated with basin edge<br /> | ||
| − | fractures. Fecunditatis lavas are not thought to be very thick - perhaps a few hundred meters [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1988LPSC...18..319F/0000328.000.html at most] - so it is surprising that so many craters<br /> | + | fractures. Fecunditatis lavas are not thought to be very thick - perhaps a few hundred meters [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1988LPSC...18..319F/0000328.000.html" rel="nofollow at most] - so it is surprising that so many craters<br /> |
are completely submerged by lavas. I count 7 or 8 ghost rings, typically about 20 km wide. The fact that the ghosts are roughly the same size<br /> | are completely submerged by lavas. I count 7 or 8 ghost rings, typically about 20 km wide. The fact that the ghosts are roughly the same size<br /> | ||
is strange, perhaps they were all secondaries from the formation of the Crisium or Nectaris basins.<br /> | is strange, perhaps they were all secondaries from the formation of the Crisium or Nectaris basins.<br /> | ||
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| − | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | + | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood]</em><br /> |
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<strong>Technical Details</strong><br /> | <strong>Technical Details</strong><br /> | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 4 January 2015
A Submerged Terrain
image by " rel="nofollow Raf Lena, Rome, Italy
The western edge of Mare Fecunditatis is a submerged terrain where lavas have covered and embayed pre-existing craters and mountains.
There are few large features younger than the mare lavas (Taruntius is the biggest), so crater walls are broken and submerged, and Goclenius,
Columbo and Cook all have flooded interiors, like Plato and Archimedes, showing that magma came up fractures associated with basin edge
fractures. Fecunditatis lavas are not thought to be very thick - perhaps a few hundred meters " rel="nofollow at most - so it is surprising that so many craters
are completely submerged by lavas. I count 7 or 8 ghost rings, typically about 20 km wide. The fact that the ghosts are roughly the same size
is strange, perhaps they were all secondaries from the formation of the Crisium or Nectaris basins.
" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood
Technical Details
April 14 2013 (18:31 UT). Mak-Cassegrain 18 cm lumenera LU075M. Mosaic of 10 images; processed with Registax 6 and Photoshop.
Related Links
Rükl plate 48
21st Century Atlas chart 3.
