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	Mare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In English, a mare (an old Germanic word) is a female horse; the word is also an etymological root of marshall (originally a 'horse servant').
		Mare is an atoll in the Loyalty Islands.
		Thus, the Lunar mare is an ancient basaltic lava floodplain on Earth's Moon, usually inside an impact basin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mare (153 words)

	ALS Lunar Observers Certificate List of Objects
		Mare Imbrium: One of the youngest multi-ring basins, whose lava flooding covered most of the inner rings.
		Mare ridges inside Humorum: these are circular in plan, and mark the inner ring.
		Mare ridges, inside the crater, likely mark the central peaks (where subsidence was the least).
	www.lunar-reclamation.org /observation_list.htm (2616 words)

	Major Lunar Maria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		First, the lunar surface is higher on farside than on the nearside.
		Second, the crust seems to be thicker on the lunar farside than on the nearside.
		Thus, mare volcanism is most likely inside these basins, especially where younger craters have dug into the basin floor.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/planet_volcano/lunar/mare/mlm.html (216 words)

	Lunar mare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Lunar maria (singular: mare, pronounced MAH-ray) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient basaltic flood eruptions caused by extremely large meteoroid impacts.
		They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas.
		The maria cover 16% of the lunar surface, mostly on the near-side visible from Earth.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lunar_mare (410 words)

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		The dark ring of outer Serenitatis mare material was interpreted as the unburied portion of an older, faulted mare surface, effectively reversing the albedo vs. age correlation postulated by previous workers.
		All of the factors besides the lunar flux are effectively removed by ratioing all the values in the image by the value of a "standard" area in the same scene obtained at the same time.
		Pieters, C.M. Composition of the lunar highland crust from near-infrared spectroscopy.
	marswatch.astro.cornell.edu /text/moon.html (8897 words)

	How Do We Know That It's a Rock from the Moon? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mare Frigoris is one of the few maria that fills a low spot that is not an impact basin.
		Mare basalts cover about 17% of the surface of the Moon, but it is estimated that they account for only about 1% of the volume of the crust.
		For this reason, the fact that the lunar surface was “poorly sampled” by the Apollo and Luna missions is in itself not a good reason to suspect that rocks vastly different from those that we have studied exist at unsampled points on the Moon.
	epsc.wustl.edu /admin/resources/moon/howdoweknow.html (3522 words)

	NEEP602
		Progressively younger upward migrations of mare basalt magmas from the mantle would encounter a largely sealed surface near preceding eruptive regions and be forced concentrically away from the selenopotential low.
		The lowest melting components of the lunar mantle probably were approaching their melting points by 3.8 eons because of the accumulation of radiogenic heat trapped by the highly insulating crust.
		Consistent with this, visual observations from the Lunar Rover disclosed that the size of boulders excavated by impacts into the avalanche material correlated roughly to the diameter, and therefore the depth of penetration, of the impact crater.
	fti.neep.wisc.edu /neep602/LEC10/EVOL/evolution2.html (4190 words)

	The Moon
		Mare Tranquillitatis, seen as a deep blue patch on the right, is richer in titanium than Mare Serenitatis, a slightly smaller circular area immediately adjacent to the upper left of Mare Tranquillitatis.
		It was in the valley among the Taurus-Littrow hills on the southeastern rim of Mare Serenitatis.
		This is an oblique view of the large crater Copernicus on the lunar nearside, as phtographed from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit.
	www.solarviews.com /eng/moon.htm (2472 words)

	Lunar Mare basalt nwa 479
		The members of this group are mare basalts, consisting of phenocrysts of olivine and augite, set within a fine-grained matrix of plagioclase and pyroxene.
		Lunar mare basalts are much younger than the anorthositic highland rocks.
		Lunar meteorites are of major scientific importance because they probably originate from areas of the Moon that were not sampled by the Apollo or Luna missions.
	www.meteorite.ch /en/forsale/nwa479.htm (624 words)

	Lunar mineralogy
		Lunar soils covering the lunar crust since its formation were subjected to irradiation by solar radiations, so they have recorded the evolution of the solar activity with time.
		This is due to the scarcity of lunar granites and the longevity of zircon.
		The study of the zonation inside spinels is used as an indicator of the history of crystallisation of basalts from the lunar mare.
	euromin.w3sites.net /Nouveau_site/gisements/extra/GISEXTe.htm (1413 words)

	Artemis Project: Lunar Volcanism
		The mare plains were formed by low viscosity basalt lavas being erupted in large volumes.
		Lunar rilles are much larger than their terrestrial equivalents.
		Mare Orientale, the youngest large lunar basin, is only partly filled with basaltic lavas.
	www.asi.org /adb/m/04/02/volcanic-activity.html (2283 words)

	Dhofar 287 - Lunar Meteorite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		C) that the lunar regolith, and breccias derived therefrom, are fractal objects.
		Lunar meteorite (Low-Ti, olivine-pyroxene mare basalt breccia) A dark gray, 154 g fl stone without fusion crust was found in the Dhofar region of Oman, 400 m from Dhofar 025.
		Anand M., Taylor L. A., Nazarov M. A., and Patchen A. Petrologic comparisons of lunar mare basalt meteorites Dh-287A and NWA 032 (abstract), Lunar and Planetary Science 34, CD-ROM #1787, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.
	epsc.wustl.edu /admin/resources/meteorites/dhofar287.html (535 words)

	LUN B (Lunar Mare Basalts)
		General: As opposed to the lunar anorthositic highland breccias, the members of the LUN B group are from the smooth lowlands of the Moon, the so-called Maria of the near side.
		This suggests formation from similar magmas that were trapped in magma chambers or deeper layers of the lunar surface.
		Comparisons to the lunar samples that have been returned by the Apollo and Luna missions have shown that the meteorites of this group are genuine samples of the Earth’s satellite, the Moon.
	www.meteorites.tv /contents/en-us/d99.html (389 words)

	A Day in the Life of the Moon
		We'll describe what lunar features can be seen during the phases of the moon.
		A Clementine spacecraft mosaic of the lunar surface was mapped onto a sphere, and scenes were rendered as a virtual Sun "orbited" the Moon.
		The depiction of lunar surface features suffers geometric distortion but the terminator is correct with respect to the spherical Moon.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/6389/Da_Moon.htm (1175 words)

	Vic Camp - volcanism on the moon
		Each mare is composed of vast sheets of basaltic lava which erupted from the broken crust associated with large impact craters.
		The basaltic domes on the moon appear to be the lunar equivalents of shield volcanoes found on earth.
		Construction of the relatively steep slopes of the lunar "shields" is poorly understood.
	www.geology.sdsu.edu /how_volcanoes_work/moon.html (1084 words)

	lunar domes Uai lunar section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lunar domes, from the morphologic point of view, are low subcircolar reliefs of convex shape, with gentle slopes, such to give shadows of curvilinear contour.
		Lunar domes are generally similar to Earth shield volcanoes especially when on the top of the dome a circular craterlet is present, maybe the effusive mouth of the volcano.
		The catalogue of domes of the ALPO (Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) numbers approximately 600 lunar domes and is in continuous expansion.
	www.uai.it /sez_lun/domes.htm (953 words)

	Moon Rocks through a Microscope
		Lunar Mare Basalts: The lavas that solidified to form these Volcanic Igneous Rocks were generated by shock-induced heating associated with the series of gigantic meteor impact events that formed the mare basins.
		Mare basalts show little evidence of subsequent shock metamorphism, as is fitting given their relatively "young" lunar ages and the lack of cratering in the mare basins.
		The old Lunar crust was feldspar-rich because when the Moon differentiated internally, and its interior was molten (a Lunar Magma Ocean) feldspar which crystallized from this melt was buoyant and floated toward the surface, while denser, iron-rich minerals along with most of the olivine and pyroxene sank to the bottom.
	www.cas.usf.edu /~jryan/moonrocks.html (1059 words)

	Apollo 13 Lunar Journal : Mission Summary
		After two landings out on the mare, NASA was ready for a visit to a site where landing accuracy promised insight into the history of the older parts of the Moon.
		About half of the lunar Nearside - and virtually all of the Farside - is covered by heavily-cratered highlands, the light-colored regions which, as seen from Earth, contrast so strongly with the darker-colored mare.
		Because the mare rocks are relatively young and cover far less than half of the lunar surface, the scientific community needed highlands samples if they were going to understand lunar geology.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /alsj/a13/a13.summary.html (3859 words)

	PSRD Hot Idea: Titanium in lunar maria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Lunar Prospector mission also measured titanium on the lunar surface, using two totally different techniques based on neutron interactions in the lunar surface rather than the light reflected from it.
		Thus, it is in principle possible to use the compositions of basalts on the Moon to estimate the composition of the lunar interior.
		contents of mare basalts is consistent with formation of the lunar mantle rocks from a global magma ocean, coupled with sinking of dense rocks formed in it.
	www.psrd.hawaii.edu /June00/lunarMaria.html (1683 words)

	Astrophotography by Anthony Ayiomamitis
		Mare Serenitatis is virtually a circular formation measuring approximately 650 km in diameter in all directions and covers an area of slightly over 300,000 square km.
		The greatest characteristic features of Mare Serenitatis are perhaps the circular and walled plain formation Posidonius (95 km in diameter) on the northeast periphery and Dorsa Smirnov immediately to the west of Posidonius running north-south (130 km in length, 20 km in width).
		The landing of the Apollo 17 lunar module in the Taurus-Littrow area on December 11, 1972, regrettably, marked the final manned mission to the lunar surface.
	www.perseus.gr /Astro-Lunar-Mare-Serenitatis.htm (327 words)

	Volcanism on the Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thus, they were called " mare " (pronounced "mahr-ay").
		Further, lunar mountain chains form the edges of these impact basins and tend to surround the lunar mare.
		Finally, the lunar mare are primarily found on one side of the Moon.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/planet_volcano/lunar/Overview.html (603 words)

	Lunar meteorite / NWA 479, a Lunar mare basalt
		NWA 479 / lunar mare basalt / 0.112g
		NWA 479 / lunar mare basalt / 0.226g
		NWA 479 / lunar mare basalt / 0.346g
	www.lunar-meteorites.com /en-us/dept_25.html (139 words)

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		There are eight well known lunar maria, but about two dozen smaller maria, laci, sinii and other small patches of mare basalt.
		Jim Whitford-Stark, in a paper published in 1982, reported on the areas of all the lunar maria.
		Mare depths are more poorly known than mare areas, but the best estimates are presented in the Lunar Basins spreadsheet.
	cwm.lpod.org /DataStuff/MareAreas.htm (122 words)

	IngentaConnect Lunar mare volcanism in the eastern nearside region derived from ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		IngentaConnect Lunar mare volcanism in the eastern nearside region derived from...
		Lunar mare volcanism in the eastern nearside region derived from Clementine UV/VIS data
		According to the relationship between the titanium contents of the mare units and their stratigraphy, the titanium content decreases with time in the early stage but increases toward the end of volcanism in the Serenitatis and Crisium region, while it increases with time but finally decreases in the Tranquillitatis and Fecunditatis region.
	api.ingentaconnect.com /content/arizona/maps/2003/00000038/00000010/art00005 (356 words)

	Lunar NWA 773
		Lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 773 (herein referred to as NWA773) is a breccia composed predominantly of mafic volcanic components, including a prominent igneous clast lithology.
		The clast lithology is an olivine-gabbro cumulate, which, on the basis of mineral and bulk compositions, is a hypabyssal igneous rock related compositionally to volcanic components in the meteorite.
		The calculated composition of the melt that was in equilibrium with pyroxene and plagioclase of the cumulate lithology exhibits a KREEP-like REE pattern, but at lower concentrations and with a steeper LREE/HREE slope.
	aaa.wustl.edu /Work/pub_files/lunar_nwa773.html (338 words)

	Highland contamination in lunar mare soils: Improved mapping with multiple end-member spectral mixture analysis (MESMA)
		A 13-end-member set of lunar soil components that spans the lunar spectral diversity was selected from the UVVIS data and included 1 mature and 4 fresh highland soils, 4 mature and 2 fresh mare soils, and 2 soils of dark mantling materials.
		These mare surfaces are proximal to the large craters Theophilus, Taruntius, Langrenus, and Proclus and provided an opportunity to investigate highland contamination by large impacts.
		The trend of minimal highland abundance in Mare Fecunditatis correlates poorly with basalt thickness, suggesting an efficient lateral mixing due to the large craters Taruntius and Langrenus.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2003/2002JE001917.shtml (470 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lunar mare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A wrinkle-ridge is a type of feature commonly found on Lunar mares.
		Categories: Maria on the Moon This is a list of maria (singular mare) on the Moon.
		Selenography is the study of the surface and physical features of the Moon, especially the mapping of the features according to the Moons latitude and longitude.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lunar-mare (609 words)

	The Full Moon Atlas : Lunar Navigator : Map of the Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A complete series of interactive lunar maps, with more than 2,500 geographic formations (including craters, mountains, lakes, seas and valleys) identified simply by moving your mouse cursor over the feature.
		This document contains a detailed interactive lunar atlas and photo maps of the moon (lunar photo map or mondkarten), as an alternative to the Hatfield Photographic Lunar Atlas and the atlas of the moon created by Antonín Rükl (Antonin Rukl, Antonína Rükla) plus maps of lunar craters, mountains, seas (maria), lakes (lacus), mountains (montes).
		Lunar Republic, S.A. Contents copyright © 1999-2005 by the Lunar Republic Society.
	www.lunarrepublic.com /atlas/index.shtml (206 words)

	Lunar mare basalt flow units: Thicknesses determined from crater size-frequency distributions
		Lunar mare basalt flow units: Thicknesses determined from crater size-frequency distributions
		We refine the technique of using the shape of crater size-frequency distribution (CSFD) curves to estimate the thickness of individual lunar mare flow units.
		We find that a characteristic knee often observed in CSFD curves is reasonably interpreted to represent the presence of two lava flow units separated in time, and that the diameter at which this knee occurs is related to the thickness of the overlying flow unit.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2002/2002GL014847.shtml (314 words)

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