The origin of lunar craters

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Oct 1975 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The Moon, volume 14, pages 211-236 (issn: 0027-0903, eissn: 1573-0794,

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Authors: Alfred Wegener; A. M. Celâl Şengör;

doi: 10.1007/bf00565323

The origin of lunar craters

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A review is presented of four hypotheses concerning the origin of lunar craters, taking into account the bubble hypothesis, the tide hypothesis, the volcanic hypothesis, and the impact hypothesis. A description is given of a series of experiments on impact craters and studies of a meteorite crater in Arizona are considered. It is concluded that the typical lunar craters can best be interpreted as impact craters.

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