Astrogeology Science Center
Publications
Photogrammetry and altimetry: Part B: photogrammetry using Apollo 16 orbital photography
The Apollo 15 and 16 metric and panoramic cameras have provided photographs for accurate topographic portrayal of the lunar surface using photogrammetric methods. In turn, quantitative morphologic analyses of topographic results are invaluable aids in the interpretation of the geologic processes.
Wu, Sherman S.C.; Schafer, Francis J.; Jordan, Raymond; Nakata, Gary M. Photogrammetry and altimetry: Part C: frequency distributions of lunar slopes
The metric and panoramic cameras aboard the Apollo 16 spacecraft provided photographs on which photogrammetric techniques may be used to obtain precise measurements of horizontal distances and elevations. These measurements of horizontal distances and elevations. These measurements may in turn be used to obtain slope-frequency distributions of...
Wu, Sherman S.C.; Moore, H.J. Preliminary examination of lunar samples: Part A: a petrographic and chemical description of samples from the lunar highlands
More than four-fifths of the surface of the Moon consists of a profoundly cratered irregular surface designated terra or highlands by analogy with the terrestrial continents. These terra regions have much higher albedos than the physiographically lower and much smoother mare regions. The difference in albedo can now be ascribed to a fundamental...
Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 15 landing site
The Apollo 15 lunar module (LM) landed at longitude 03°39'20'' E, latitude 26°26'00'' N on the mare surface of Palus Putredinis on the eastern edge of the Imbrium Basin. The site is between the Apennine Mountain front and Hadley Rille. The objectives of the mission, in order of decreasing priority, were description and sampling of three...
Swann, G.A.; Bailey, N.G.; Batson, R.M.; Freeman, V.L.; Hait, M.H.; Head, J.W.; Holt, H.E.; Howard, K.A.; Irwin, J.B.; Larson, K.B.; Muehlberger, W.R.; Reed, V.S.; Rennilson, J.J.; Schaber, G.G.; Scott, D.R.; Silver, L.T.; Sutton, R.L.; Ulrich, G.E.; Wilshire, H.G.; Wolfe, E.W. Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 16 landing site
The Apollo 16 landing site in the lunar central highlands encompassed terra plains and adjacent mountainous areas of hilly and furrowed terra. These morphologic units, representing important terrane types in the lunar highlands, had been interpreted as volcanic on most premission geologic maps. However, it became apparent during the mission that...
Muehlberger, W.R.; Batson, R.M.; Boudette, E.L.; Duke, C.M.; Eggleton, R.E.; Elston, D.P.; England, A.W.; Freeman, V.L.; Hait, M.H.; Hall, T.A.; Head, J.W.; Hodges, C.A.; Holt, H.E.; Jackson, E.D.; Jordan, J.A.; Larson, K.B.; Milton, D.J.; Reed, V.S.; Rennilson, J.J.; Schaber, G.G.; Schafer, J.P.; Silver, L.T.; Stuart-Alexander, D.; Sutton, R.L.; Swann, G.A.; Tyner, R.L.; Ulrich, G.E.; Wilshire, H.G.; Wolfe, E.W.; Young, J.W. The Apollo 17 landing site
Dr Lucchitta describes the geology of the Apollo 17 landing site in the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon.
Lucchitta, Baerbel K. Two former faces of the moon
Systematic geologic mapping of the lunar near side has resulted in the assignment of relative ages to most visible features. As a derivative of this work, geologic and artistic interpretations have been combined to produce reconstructions of the Moon's appearance at two significant points in its history. The reconstructions, although generalized,...
Wilhelms, D.E.; Davis, D.E.
Bibliography of the lunar surface
The term "surface" in this bibliography is defined to include landforms and surface materials and the nature of, and processes responsible for, their physical characteristics. References are divided into two listings: (1) Surface features and materials; and (2) Telescopic observations. The former is accompanied by a subject index, the latter by a...
Freeberg, Jacquelyn H. Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 12 landing site: Part A: Geology of the Apollo 12 Landing Site
This report provides a preliminary description of the geologic setting of the lunar samples returned fromt he Apollo 12 mission. A more complete interpretation of the geology of the site will be prepared after thorough analysis of the data.
Shoemaker, E.M.; Batson, R.M.; Bean, A.L.; Conrad, C.; Dahlem, D.H.; Goddard, E.N.; Hait, M.H.; Larson, K.B.; Schaber, G.G.; Schleicher, D.L.; Sutton, R.L.; Swann, G.A.; Waters, A.C. Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 12 landing site: Part B: photometric and polarimetric properties of the lunar regolith
Several special, as well as general, photometric and polarimetric studies of the lunar regolith in the vicinity of the Apollo 12 landing site have been undertaken by means of the black-and-white photographs obtained on the geologic traverse during the second extravehicular activity (EVA) period.
Holt, H.E.; Rennilson, J.J. Geologic setting of the lunar samples returned by the Apollo 11 mission
Shoemaker, E.M.; Bailey, N.G.; Batson, R.M.; Dahlem, D.H.; Foss, T.H.; Grolier, M.J.; Goddard, E.N.; Hait, M.H.; Holt, H.E.; Larson, K.B.; Rennilson, J.J.; Schaber, G.G.; Schleicher, D.L.; Schmitt, H.H.; Sutton, R.L.; Swann, G.A.; Waters, A.C.; West, M.N. A limitation of first generation Lunar Orbiter negatives as applied to photoclinometry
No abstract available.
Gambell, Neil; Lucchitta, Baerbel K.