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Interstitial water studies on small core samples, Leg 9 Interstitial water studies on small core samples, Leg 9

The chemistry of the pore fluids obtained on Leg 9 is remarkable primarily in its constancy. Excepting silicon and strontium, only at one site do the concentrations of the major and minor constituents deviate notably from sea water concentrations (see Tables 1 and 2). The trends, or lack of them, seen in these samples have been discussed previously and only references will be given here...
Authors
F.L. Sayles, L.S. Waterman, F.T. Manheim

Photogrammetry and altimetry: Part C: frequency distributions of lunar slopes 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 lunar surfaces at various slope lengths and...
Authors
Sherman S.C. Wu, H. J. Moore

Photogeology: Part S: mare ridges and arches in southern Oceanus Procellarum Photogeology: Part S: mare ridges and arches in southern Oceanus Procellarum

Low-relief mare features such as ridges and arches are best studied by using stereoscopic photographs taken at low Sun angles. Apollo 16 metric camera photography of the southern Oceanus Procellarum east of Letronne Crater reveals a diversity of subtle features (fig. 29-125) and adds significantly to an understanding of the forms of mare ridges and arches their relative ages, and their...
Authors
George W. Colton, Keith A. Howard, Henry J. Moore

Photogeology: Part X: calibration of radar data from Apollo 16 results Photogeology: Part X: calibration of radar data from Apollo 16 results

Orbital and surface photography collected during the Apollo 16 mission can be used to calibrate existing Earth-based, high-resolution radar maps of the lunar surface. The absence of any theoretical treatment of the radar backscatter from irregular rocks has prevented the assignment of radar-echo cross sections to specific size distributions of rocks. This gap will now be filled with the...
Authors
S.H. Zisk, H. J. Moore

Photogeology: Part J: ranger and other impact craters photographed by Apollo 16 Photogeology: Part J: ranger and other impact craters photographed by Apollo 16

The Apollo 16 crew photographed an unusual variety of impact craters, including the two craters produced by the impacts of Ranger 7 and 9 spacecraft, small craters produced by boulders as they bounced downslope, craters with marked bilateral symmetry, and primary craters with a wide range of morphologies and sizes. Ranger impact craters and examples of other craters are discussed briefly...
Authors
H. J. Moore

Photogeology: Part G: structural aspects of Imbrium sculpture Photogeology: Part G: structural aspects of Imbrium sculpture

Apollo 16 metric photographs taken at low to high Sun angles (from approximately 7° to 40°) provide the first stereographic coverage of the distinctive landforms collectively referred to as "Imbrium sculpture" (refs. 29-40 and 29-41). The sculpture consists of a series of nearly linear ridges and troughs extending radially outward for more than 1000 km from the rim of the Imbrium Basin...
Authors
David H. Scott
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