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    Publication Date: 2014-09-04
    Description: Lunar pyroclastic deposits represent one of the primary anticipated sources of raw materials for future human settlements. These deposits are fine-grained volcanic debris layers produced by explosive volcanism contemporaneous with the early stage of mare infilling. There are several large regional pyroclastic units on the Moon (for example, the Aristarchus Plateau, Rima Bode, and Sulpicius Gallus formations), and numerous localized examples, which often occur as dark-halo deposits around endogenic craters (such as in the floor of Alphonsus Crater). Several regional pyroclastic deposits were studied with spectral reflectance techniques: the Aristarchus Plateau materials were found to be a relatively homogeneous blanket of iron-rich glasses. One such deposit was sampled at the Apollo 17 landing site, and was found to have ferrous oxide and titanium dioxide contents of 12 percent and 5 percent, respectively. While the areal extent of these deposits is relatively well defined from orbital photographs, their depths have been constrained only by a few studies of partially filled impact craters and by imaging radar data. A model for radar backscatter from mantled units applicable to both 70-cm and 12.6-cm wavelength radar data is presented. Depth estimates from such radar observations may be useful in planning future utilization of lunar pyroclastic deposits.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Lunar Resource Assessment; p 16-17
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: To investigate the morphology, topography, and evolution of volcanic constructs on Mars, researchers have been studying the volcanoes Olympus Mons, Tyrrhena Patera, and Apollinaris Patera. These studies relied upon the analysis of digital Viking orbiter images to measure the depth and slopes of the summit area of Olympus Mons, upon new Earth-based radar measurements for the analysis of the slopes of Tyrrhena Patera, and upon the color characteristics of the flanks of Apollinaris Patera for information regarding surface properties.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1990; p 174-176
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Description: The presently treated eight topographic profiles across the Martian volcano Tyrrhena Patera indicate that the vocano rises about 1.5 km above the plains of Hesperia Planum to the east, and exhibit an average height/diameter ratio of about 1:340. The slopes of the northern flank of Tyrrhena Patera bear little correlation with the width or depth of valley systems in that area, suggesting that erosion by gravity-driven flows was not responsible for valley formation. Attention is given to such other valley geometry and location controlling factors as ground-water release variations and volcano surface unit materials' strength differences.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035); 96; 2 Ap
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: A number of interesting questions exist concerning the composition and origin of a number of geologic units in the west-central highlands crater Alphonsus. This paper utilizes a variety of newly obtained remote sensing data to address these questions and improve the current understanding of the geologic history of the Alphonsus region. Near-infrared and UV/VIS reflectance spectra were obtained and analyzed for many of the geologic features, the results of which are presented here. Spectra collected for pyroclastic debris associated with three endogenic dark halo crater complexes on the floor of Alphonsus indicate a basaltic assemblage rich in olivine. These pyroclastic deposits exhibit generally low returns on the depolarized 3.8 cm radar image. An exogenic dark halo crater was identified on the interior of Alphonsus and appears to be composed of a mixture of pyroclastic debris and highlands material. The light plains deposits and other highland units in the Alphonsus region generally exhibit a noritic compostion. However, the Alphonsus central peak is composed of pure anorthosite. This composition is unique within the region.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; Mar 13, 1989 - Mar 17, 1989; Houston, TX; United States
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