SELENE 地形カメラによって明らかにされた月面の裏側の長寿の火山活動

Junichi Haruyama1, Makiko Ohtake, Tsuneo Matsunaga

  • 1Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan. haruyama.junichi@jaxa.jp

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 8, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

月面の裏側のマール火山は,約30億年前にほとんど消滅した. しかし,いくつかの堆積物はより若い年齢 (約25億年前) を示し,月面での長期的かつおそらくエピソード的な火山活動の兆候を示しています.

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