Erosion of lunar surface rocks by impact processes: A synthesis

F Hörz, AT Basilevsky, JW Head, MJ Cintala - Planetary and Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
This report summarizes observations of returned Apollo rocks and soils, lunar surface
images, orbital observations, and experimental impacts related to the erosion and …

A geologic model for lunar ice deposits at mining scales

KM Cannon, DT Britt - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Water ice has been detected at the lunar poles, but existing and near-future orbital datasets
do not have the capabilities to determine its horizontal and vertical distribution at meter to …

On the provenance of the Chang'E-5 lunar samples

B Jia, W Fa, M Zhang, K Di, M Xie, Y Tai, Y Li - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract China's Chang'E-5 (CE-5) mission has collected 1.731 kg samples from a young
mare basalt unit (named P58/EM4) in the northeastern Oceanus Procellarum region of the …

Impact gardening as a constraint on the age, source, and evolution of ice on Mercury and the Moon

ES Costello, RR Ghent, M Hirabayashi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We update an analytic impact gardening model (Costello et al., 2018, https://doi.
org/10.1016/j. icarus. 2018.05. 023) to calculate the depth gardened by impactors on the …

Determining the relative cratering ages of regions of Psyche's surface

S Marchi, E Asphaug, JF Bell III, WF Bottke… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
The study of the cratering history of asteroid (16) Psyche is one of the investigations to be
performed by the NASA Psyche mission. A dedicated Relative Ages Working Group will …

Automatic mapping of small lunar impact craters using LRO‐NAC images

JH Fairweather, A Lagain, K Servis… - Earth and Space …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Impact craters are the most common feature on the Moon's surface. Crater size–frequency
distributions provide critical insight into the timing of geological events, surface erosion …

Secondary impact burial and excavation gardening on the Moon and the depth to ice in permanent shadow

ES Costello, RR Ghent… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Impact gardening is a mixture of excavation by impacts and burial under continuous
proximal ejecta. An existing analytical model describes the rate at which impacts excavate …

The Long sinuous rille system in Northern Oceanus Procellarum and its relation to the Chang'e‐5 returned samples

Y Qian, L Xiao, JW Head… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract China's Chang'e‐5 (CE‐5) mission recently returned samples from a young
intermediate‐Ti mare unit (Em4/P58,∼ 1.5 Ga) in Northern Oceanus Procellarum. Rima …

Thickness of lunar mare basalts: New results based on modeling the degradation of partially buried craters

J Du, W Fa, MA Wieczorek, M Xie… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Partially buried craters on the Moon are those craters whose distal ejecta are covered by
lava flows and where the crater rim crest still protrudes above the mare plain. Based on the …

Modeling the evolution of lunar regolith: 1. Formation mechanism through individual simple impact craters

M Zhang, W Fa, VR Eke - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The production, distribution, and evolution of lunar regolith are critical in deciphering the
lunar bombardment history and comprehending the transport of materials across the lunar …