Geologic Exploration of Taurus-Littrow: Apollo 17 Landing Site
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Abstract
Apollo 17 landed in a deep graben valley embaying the mountainous highlands southeast of the Serenitatis basin. Impact-generated breccias underlie the massifs adjacent to the valley, and basalt has flooded and leveled the valley floor. The dark mantle inferred from orbital photographs was not recognized as a discrete unit; the unusually thick regolith of the valley floor contains a unique high concentration of dark glass beads that may cause the low albedo of much of the surface.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Geologic Exploration of Taurus-Littrow: Apollo 17 Landing Site |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.182.4113.672 |
| Volume | 182 |
| Issue | 4113 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 672 |
| Last page | 680 |
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