Internal origin for lunar rilled craters and the maria?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1974 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 248, pages 573-575 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: J. L. WHITFORD-STARK;

doi: 10.1038/248573a0

Internal origin for lunar rilled craters and the maria?

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THE origin of lunar craters has been attributed to both volcanism1–3 and/or impact4–6, although since the return of the Apollo 11 volcanic rocks opinion has favoured an endogenic origin for a greater part of the lunar morphology than was previously accepted7.

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