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dc.contributor.authorFeatherstone, Will
dc.contributor.authorHirt, Christian
dc.contributor.authorKuhn, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:25:55Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:25:55Z
dc.date.created2014-03-03T20:00:46Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationFeatherstone, W. E. and Hirt, C. and Kuhn, M. 2013. Band-limited bouguer gravity identifies new basins on the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets. 118 (6): pp. 1397-1413.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31538
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/jgre.20101
dc.description.abstract

[1] Spectral domain forward modeling is used to generate topography-implied gravity for the Moon using data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter instrument operated on board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. This is subtracted from Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE)-derived gravity to generate band-limited Bouguer gravity maps of the Moon so as to enhance the gravitational signatures of anomalous mass densities nearer the surface. This procedure adds evidence that two previously postulated basins on the lunar farside, Fitzgerald-Jackson (25°N, 191°E) and to the east of Debye (50°N, 180°E), are indeed real. When applied over the entire lunar surface, band-limited Bouguer gravity reveals the locations of 280 candidate basins that have not been identified when using full-spectrum gravity or topography alone, showing the approach to be of utility. Of the 280 basins, 66 are classified as distinct from their band-limited Bouguer gravity and topographic signatures, making them worthy of further investigation.

dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
dc.subjectband-limited gravity
dc.subjectlunar topography
dc.subjectlunar gravity
dc.subjectlunar basins
dc.titleBand-limited bouguer gravity identifies new basins on the Moon
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume118
dcterms.source.number6
dcterms.source.startPage1397
dcterms.source.endPage1413
dcterms.source.issn1934-8592
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Geophysical Research - Planets
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curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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