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INSET: USGS IMAP 1034: Geologic map of the west side of the Moon

By Planetary Geologic Mapping 1977 (approx.)

Inset of USGS IMAP 1034: Geologic map of the west side of the Moon

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Inset of USGS IMAP 1034: Geologic map of the west side of the Moon

By D. H. Scott, J.F. McCauley, and M.N. West

Map and associated documents available from the USGS Publications Warehouse: https://doi.org/10.3133/i1034

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January 1, 1977

Geologic map of the west side of the Moon Geologic map of the west side of the Moon

The west limb region of the Moon consists of highly cratered terra rising 5 km or more above the mare of Oceanus Procellarum and most of the lunar near side. Crustal material in this area of large basins and craters has been redistributed repeatedly by giant impacts. The early historical record of these events is apparently preserved in a complex of interlayered breccias, which may be...

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