Confirmation of sublunarean voids and thin layering in mare deposits

MS Robinson, JW Ashley, AK Boyd, RV Wagner… - Planetary and Space …, 2012 - Elsevier
lunar mare basalts were commonly emplaced as 1–10 m thick flows. ► We show that collapse
pits are common in lunar … The nature of seas, mascons and the lunar interior in the light of …

Lunar pit morphology: Implications for exploration

RV Wagner, MS Robinson - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… geologic context of lunar mare and highland pits to constrain … sublunarean void space that
is physically connected to a pit, … the time of lava tube emplacement due to pit diameters being …

Lunar pits: Sublunarean voids and the Nature of mare emplacement

JW Ashley, AK Boyd, H Hiesinger… - 42nd annual lunar …, 2011 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Lunar Pits: Sublunarean Voids and the Nature of Mare Emplacement - NASA/ADS … The
LROC Narrow Angle Camera was used to image three pit features within lunar maria from …

Moon Diver: Exploring a pit's exposed strata to understand lunar volcanism

IAD Nesnas, L Kerber, G Sellar, T Balint, B Denevi… - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
… The recent discovery of lunar pits opened a natural … of Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon
would advance our knowledge and understanding of the process of flood basalts emplacement

Lunar Mare Fecunditatis: A Science-Rich Region and a Concept Mission for Long-Distance Exploration

S Zhao, Y Qian, L Xiao, J Zhao, Q He, J Huang… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pit craters are the natural cross-section to the subsurface of … All of the IMPs are emplaced in
the Eratosthenian basalts, … : (1) pit crater may connect vast underground void space, which is …

Lunar holes and lava tubes as resources for lunar science and exploration

J Haruyama, T Morota, S Kobayashi, S Sawai… - Moon: Prospective …, 2012 - Springer
… a: Overview of Mare Ingenii on the far side of the Moon. MIH … features such as deep holes,
pits, or extended surface bulges… that entrances to “sublunareanvoids should open at the …

Radar evidence of an accessible cave conduit on the Moon below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit

L Carrer, R Pozzobon, F Sauro, D Castelletti… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
… cave void (tens of metres long), which is possibly an elongated conduit, at the bottom of a lunar
pit… could yield vital insights into the emplacement of lunar maria 12 by providing access to …

The structural stability of lunar lava tubes

DM Blair, L Chappaz, R Sood, C Milbury, A Bobet… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
… Because lava tubes are by their nature found in the vicinity of … associated with the emplacement
of the mare which may have … sublunarean lava tubes may be able to remain stable on the …

Leto Mission Concept for Green Reconnaissance of the Marius Hills Lunar Pit

DM Hooper, SW Ximenes, EL Patrick… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
… and mare emplacement. It is not known whether … of lava tube pits and other sublunarean
voids. Volatile flux, … by its very nature, and exploration of sublunarean voids may fuse elements …

Defining a mission architecture and technologies for lunar lava tube reconnaissance

SW Ximenes, JO Elliott, O Bannova - Earth and Space 2012 …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
… “lunar pits” at Mare Tranquillitatis, and on the lunar far side at … nature of the Marius Hills and
Mare Tranquillitatis pitemplacement, locating a lunar base at the bottom of a pit may not be …