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This 1:50,000 scale geolgic map is one of a series constructed at various scales from photographs trasmitted by the Ranger VII, VIII and IX spacecraft. The center of the map area is about 23 km southwest of the Ranger VIII (US Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center Chart AIC 60C, Arago). In general, geologic maps of the moon portray similarities and differences in the...

The Sabin EB region is a rolling plain which consists entirely of crater and mare materials. The areal density of craters, though variable within the region, is sufficiently high so that the craters are the dominant morphological feature. Crater morphology ranges from bright, sharp-rimmed craters to pan-shaped depressions. Superposition relations indicate that the bright-rimmed craters...

Material exposed on the surface of the moon is heterogeneous. The albedo and other physical characteristics that have been determined with the use of optical and radio telescopes vary from one part of the moon to another, and the variations are patially correlated with differences in topography . Discontinuities in the areal variation permit the surfaces material to be divided into map...

Material exposed on the surface of the Moon is heterogeneous. The albedo and other physical characteristics that have been determined with the use of optical and radio telescopes vary from one part of the Moon to another, and the variations are partially correlated with differences in topography. Discontinuities in the areal variation permit the surface material to be divided into map...

The surface of the Moon is heterogeneous. Surface materials are classed on the basis of telescopic observations into map units, each having lateral continuity and a limited range of physiographic characteristics and optical properties (mainly polarization and albedo, the reflectivity under full moon illumination). Such units are analogous to the rock-stratigraphic formations of...

The application of stratigraphic and structural principles to geologic mapping of the Moon from telescopic photographs has been discussed by Shoemaker (1962) and Shoemaker and Hackman (1962). Major geologic units are recognized by regional topographic and albedo differences. Pictures returned by Ranger, Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter spacecraft show that a fragmental regolith, presumably...

The Sinus Iridum quadrangle includes the northwestern sector of Mare Imbrium, the Sinus Iridum embayment, the arcuate Montes Jura which partly surround Sinus Iridum, and several terra islands in the mare such as the Montes Teneriffe, Montes Recti, and C. Herschel. Mare Imbrium occupies a complex depression or basin consisting of an inner basin and several outer concentric troughs...

The Plato quadrangle in the north-central part of the Moon lies within a series of concentric depressed and raised rings surrounding the Imbrium basin, the center of which lies about 335 km southwest of Montes Teneriffe. The innermost raised ring is marked by isolated ridges and peaks within Mare Imbrium itself, including in the Plato quadrangle Montes Recti and Teneriffe. The band of...

The Cleomedes quadrangle is broadly divisible into three provinces. First, the north half of Mare Crisium dominates the southern part of the area. Second, terra materials occur in concentric bands that alternate with mare or plains forming materials in the northern part. These bands are interrupted by the crater Cleomedes whose associated materials dominate the northwest part of the map...

Relative ages of structures and geologic units have been determined from intersection and apparent overlap relations and from morphologic freshness reflecting degree of preservation. The fivefold crater-age sequence is based on the classification of Shoemaker and Hackman (1962), and corresponds broadly to a modified classification of Pohn and Offield (1970) and Offield (1971). Rock units...

The Langrenus quadrangle is on the east limb of the lunar nearside, at the southeast margin of Mare Fecunditatis. The crater Langrenus, about 140 km in diameter, is the most prominent feature. Rugged terra materials, scattered by craters of various sizes and ages, occupy much of the east half of the map area, and smooth mare materials in the Fecunditatis basin dominate the west. Mare...

The Purbach quadrangle is in the south central part of the lunar near side and includes the following four distinct topographic geologic provinces: 1) rugged and densely cratered highlands extending north south through the central part of the area locally dissected by large troughs (sculpture) of Imbrium age (Gilbert, 1893; Hartmann, 1963) 2) subdued terrain in the east where both...