Lunar science for landed missions workshop findings report

ER Jawin, SN Valencia, RN Watkins… - Earth and Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Lunar Science for Landed Missions workshop was convened at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center on 10–12 January, 2018 …

Lunar irregular Mare patches: Classification, characteristics, geologic settings, updated catalog, origin, and outstanding questions

L Qiao, JW Head, Z Ling… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most mysterious lunar features discovered during the Apollo era was Ina, a~ 2× 3‐
km depression composed of bleb‐like mounds surrounded by hummocky and blocky …

Ina pit crater on the Moon: Extrusion of waning-stage lava lake magmatic foam results in extremely young crater retention ages

L Qiao, J Head, L Wilson, L **ao, M Kreslavsky… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The enigmatic Ina feature on the Moon was recently interpreted to represent extrusive
basaltic volcanic activity within the past 100 my of lunar history, an extremely young age for …

Constraining formation hypotheses for irregular mare patches on the Moon with orbital reflectance spectra

H Vannier, B Horgan, JD Stopar… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Irregular mare patches (IMPs) are enigmatic volcanic features on the Moon's surface, whose
lack of cratering and crisp appearance imply they formed< 100 Ma ago,∼ 1 Ga after the …

The role of substrate characteristics in producing anomalously young crater retention ages in volcanic deposits on the Moon: Morphology, topography, subresolution …

L Qiao, JW Head, L **ao, L Wilson… - Meteoritics & Planetary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lunar irregular mare patches (IMP s) comprise dozens of small, distinctive, and enigmatic
lunar mare features. Characterized by their irregular shapes, well‐preserved state of relief …

The lunar mare ring‐moat dome structure (RMDS) age conundrum: Contemporaneous with Imbrian‐aged host lava flows or emplaced in the Copernican?

F Zhang, JW Head, C Wöhler… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ring‐moat dome structures (RMDSs) are small circular mounds of diameter typically about
200 m and∼ 3–4 m in height, surrounded by narrow, shallow moats. They occur in clusters …

Geological characterization of the Ina shield volcano summit pit crater on the Moon: Evidence for extrusion of waning‐stage lava lake magmatic foams and …

L Qiao, JW Head, Z Ling, L Wilson… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ina, a distinctive~ 2× 3 km D‐shaped depression, is composed of unusual bulbous‐
shaped mounds surrounded by optically immature hummocky/blocky floor units. The crisp …

Thermophysical properties of lunar irregular mare patches from LRO diviner radiometer data

BD Byron, CM Elder, JP Williams… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Irregular mare patches (IMPs) are enigmatic features in the lunar maria that are
characterized as having smooth mounds surrounded by uneven or blocky terrain. The IMPs …

The Cauchy 5 small, low‐volume lunar shield volcano: Evidence for volatile exsolution‐eruption patterns and type 1/type 2 hybrid irregular mare patch formation

L Qiao, JW Head, L Wilson… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The lunar shield volcano Cauchy 5, sitting at the low diameter‐height‐volume end of the
population, is the only known example containing two different types of Irregular Mare …

Lunar Crater Ina: Analysis of the morphology of intracrater landforms

AT Basilevsky, GG Michael - Solar System Research, 2021 - Springer
We present the results of geological and morphological analysis of LROC NAC images of a
small volcanic crater Ina, D-shaped in plan view (2.9× 1.9 km), and its immediate …