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dc.contributor.authorSoderblom, J.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, A.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, B.
dc.contributor.authorMelosh, H.
dc.contributor.authorMiljkovic, Katarina
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, R.
dc.contributor.authorAndrews-Hanna, J.
dc.contributor.authorBierson, C.
dc.contributor.authorHead, J.
dc.contributor.authorMilbury, C.
dc.contributor.authorNeumann, G.
dc.contributor.authorNimmo, F.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, D.
dc.contributor.authorSolomon, S.
dc.contributor.authorSori, M.
dc.contributor.authorWieczorek, M.
dc.contributor.authorZuber, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:06:12Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:06:12Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:10:09Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationSoderblom, J. and Evans, A. and Johnson, B. and Melosh, H. and Miljkovic, K. and Phillips, R. and Andrews-Hanna, J. et al. 2015. The fractured Moon: Production and saturation of porosity in the lunar highlands from impact cratering. Geophysical Research Letters. 42 (17): pp. 6939-6944.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28634
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2015GL065022
dc.description.abstract

©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. We have analyzed the Bouguer anomaly (BA) of ~1200 complex craters in the lunar highlands from Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory observations. The BA of these craters is generally negative, though positive BA values are observed, particularly for smaller craters. Crater BA values scale inversely with crater diameter, quantifying how larger impacts produce more extensive fracturing and dilatant bulking. The Bouguer anomaly of craters larger than 93-19+47 km in diameter is independent of crater size, indicating that there is a limiting depth to impact-generated porosity, presumably from pore collapse associated with either overburden pressure or viscous flow. Impact-generated porosity of the bulk lunar crust is likely in a state of equilibrium for craters smaller than ~30 km in diameter, consistent with an ~8 km thick lunar megaregolith, whereas the gravity signature of larger craters is still preserved and provides new insight into the cratering record of even the oldest lunar surfaces.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.titleThe fractured Moon: Production and saturation of porosity in the lunar highlands from impact cratering
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume42
dcterms.source.number17
dcterms.source.startPage6939
dcterms.source.endPage6944
dcterms.source.issn0094-8276
dcterms.source.titleGeophysical Research Letters
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Geology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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