Lunar impact features and processes

GR Osinski, HJ Melosh… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This chapter is dedicated to H. Jay Melosh who tragically passed away during this endeavor.
From his earliest publications on the concept of acoustic fluidization, to the publication of his …

Impact ejecta emplacement on terrestrial planets

GR Osinski, LL Tornabene, RAF Grieve - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Impact cratering is one of the most fundamental processes responsible for sha** the
surfaces of solid planetary bodies. One of the principal characteristics of impact events is the …

Distribution, formation mechanisms, and significance of lunar pits

RV Wagner, MS Robinson - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images reveal the presence of steep-
walled pits in mare basalt (n= 8), impact melt deposits (n= 221), and highland terrain (n= 2) …

Geology and petrology of enormous volumes of impact melt on the Moon: A case study of the Orientale basin impact melt sea

WM Vaughan, JW Head, L Wilson, PC Hess - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
Lunar basin-forming impacts produce enormous volumes (> 105km3) of impact melt. All
known basin-forming impacts combined may produce∼ 108km3 of impact melt,∼ 1/20th the …

Long-term monitoring of martian gully formation and evolution with MRO/HiRISE

CM Dundas, S Diniega, AS McEwen - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
Gully landforms are commonly taken as evidence for surface liquid water in the recent
geological history of Mars. Repeat observations with the High Resolution Imaging Science …

Characterization of space weathering from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera ultraviolet observations of the Moon

BW Denevi, MS Robinson, AK Boyd… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the effects of space weathering at ultraviolet wavelengths using a near‐
global seven‐band (321–689 nm) mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera …

Revisiting the field geology of Taurus–Littrow

HH Schmitt, NE Petro, RA Wells, MS Robinson… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
Integration of Apollo 17 field observations and photographs, sample investigations, Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images, Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M 3) …

Origin of discrepancies between crater size-frequency distributions of coeval lunar geologic units via target property contrasts

CH Van der Bogert, H Hiesinger, CM Dundas, T Krüger… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent work on dating Copernican-aged craters, using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
(LRO) Camera data, re-encountered a curious discrepancy in crater size-frequency …

Widespread crater-related pitted materials on Mars: Further evidence for the role of target volatiles during the impact process

LL Tornabene, GR Osinski, AS McEwen, JM Boyce… - Icarus, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently acquired high-resolution images of martian impact craters provide further evidence
for the interaction between subsurface volatiles and the impact cratering process. A densely …