A possible lunar outcrop: a study of lunokhod-2 data |
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| Authors: | A T Basilevsky C P Florensky L B Ronca |
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| Institution: | (1) Vernadsky Institute, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R.;(2) Dept. of Geology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., USA |
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| Abstract: | The remotely controlled vehicle Lunokhod-2 travelled extensively around the edges of a linear depression unofficially called Fossa Recta. The edges of the Fossa are marked by elongated boulder fields. Three lines of reasoning suggest that the boulder fields are not the usual  erratic boulders found on a normal mare surface, but are bedrock protuberances: (1) The morphology of many boulders is reminiscent of primary lava features, (2) toward the edge of the Fossa the regolith thins out; (3) a model of lunar gardening indicates that no regolith is to be expected in the upper portion of a non-impact cliff.Part of the research was conducted while L.B.R. was a participant of an exchange program between the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. and the Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. |
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