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@article{bf78efd9834b4648b726532364dafda8,
title = "The Long Sinuous Rille System in Northern Oceanus Procellarum and Its Relation to the Chang'e-5 Returned Samples: Geophysical Research Letters",
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 Sharp, previously mapped as the longest lunar sinuous rille, is the most prominent volcanic feature associated with the landing region. Our analysis shows that Rima Sharp is not a single rille, but instead is composed of two separate rilles (Rima Sharp, originating from the North Vent, and Rima Mairan from the South Vent), meeting at ∼40.40°N, 48.38°W. Both vent have characteristics suggesting relatively low magma volatile contents. Rima Mairan and associated lavas (southeast of Em4/P58), embay and are slightly younger than Rima Sharp. Rille formation is largely influenced by pre-existing topography (earlier mare surface, proto-wrinkle ridges, highlands); rilles and deposits experienced post-formation deformation (wrinkle ridges, mare subsidence). CE-5 samples probably originate mainly from Rima Sharp's source vent, but may represent deposits from both rilles. {\textcopyright} 2021. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.",
keywords = "Chang'e-5, lunar landing site, Northern Oceanus Procellarum, sample return, sinuous rille, young mare basalts, Lunar landing, Topography, Volatile contents, Deposits, Change, deformation, lava, magma, Moon, sampling, subsidence, topography",
author = "Y. Qian and L. Xiao and J.W. Head and L. Wilson",
note = "Export Date: 24 June 2021 CODEN: GPRLA Correspondence Address: Xiao, L.; State Key Laboratory of Geological Processess and Mineral Resources, China; email: longxiao@cug.edu.cn Correspondence Address: Head, J.W.; Department of Earth, United States; email: James_Head@brown.edu Funding details: D020101, D020205 Funding details: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, 80NSSC19K0605 Funding details: National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC, 41830214 Funding details: China Scholarship Council, CSC, 201906410015 Funding details: National Key Research and Development Program of China, NKRDPC, 2020YFE0202100 Funding text 1: This research was funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFE0202100), the Pre‐Research Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies (D020101, D020205), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41830214). Yuqi Qian was funded by the China Scholarship Council 201906410015. James W. Head gratefully acknowledges funding from the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission, Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Experiment Team (Grant 80NSSC19K0605 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‐Goddard). References: Barker, M.K., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G.A., Zuber, M.T., Haruyama, J., Smith, D.E., A new lunar digital elevation model from the lunar orbiter laser altimeter and SELENE terrain camera (2016) Icarus, 273, pp. 346-355. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.039; Carr, M.H., The role of lava erosion in the formation of lunar rilles and Martian channels (1974) Icarus, 22 (1), pp. 1-23. , https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(74)90162-6; Chen, Y., Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Kreslavsky, M.A., Liu, J., Ren, X., (2021), https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2021/pdf/1818.pdf, . The role of pre-existing topography in modulating lunar lava flow widths, depthschannel structure. Paper presented at 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved from; Haruyama, J., Matsunaga, T., Matsunaga, T., Ohtake, M., Morota, T., Honda, C., Global lunar-surface mapping experiment using the Lunar Imager/Spectrometer on SELENE (2008) Earth Planets and Space, 60 (4), pp. 243-255. , https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352788; Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 2: Predicted emplacement processes and observations) (2017) Icarus, 283, pp. 176-223. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.031; Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W., Wolf, U., Jaumann, R., Neukum, G., Ages and stratigraphy of lunar mare basalts: A synthesis (2011) Special Papers of the Geological Society of America, 477, pp. 1-51. , https://doi.org/10.1130/2011.2477(01; Hulme, G., Turbulent lava flows and the formation of lunar sinuous rilles (1973) Modern Geology, 4, pp. 107-117; Hurwitz, D.M., Head, J.W., Hiesinger, H., Lunar sinuous rilles: Distribution, characteristics, and implications for their origin (2013) Planetary and Space Science, 79-80 (80), pp. 1-38. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2012.10.019; Hurwitz, D.M., Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Hiesinger, H., Origin of lunar sinuous rilles: Modeling effects of gravity, surface slope, and lava composition on erosion rates during the formation of Rima Prinz (2012) Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (E12). , https://doi.org/10.1029/2011je004000; Ivanov, M.A., Head, J.W., Bystrov, A., The lunar gruithuisen silicic extrusive domes: Topographic configuration, morphology, ages, and internal structure (2016) Icarus, 273, pp. 262-283. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.015; Jolliff, B.L., Gillis, J.J., Haskin, L.A., Korotev, R.L., Wieczorek, M.A., Major lunar crustal terranes: Surface expressions and crust-mantle origins (2000) Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (E2), pp. 4197-4216. , https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JE001103; Kodama, S., Ohtake, M., Yokota, Y., Iwasaki, A., Haruyama, J., Matsunaga, T., Characterization of multiband imager aboard SELENE (2010) Space Science Reviews, 154, pp. 79-102. , https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9661-z; Liu, J., Zeng, X., Li, C., Ren, X., Yan, W., Tan, X., Landing site selection and overview of china's lunar landing missions (2021) Space Science Reviews, 217 (1), p. 6. , https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00781-9; Minton, D.A., Fassett, C.I., Hirabayashi, M., Howl, B.A., Richardson, J.E., The equilibrium size-frequency distribution of small craters reveals the effects of distal ejecta on lunar landscape morphology (2019) Icarus, 326, pp. 63-87. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.02.021; Morgan, C., Wilson, L., Head, J.W., Formation and dispersal of pyroclasts on the moon: Indicators of lunar magma volatile contents (2021) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 413. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107217; Neumann, G.A., Zuber, M.T., Wieczorek, M.A., Head, J.W., Baker, D.M.H., Solomon, S.C., Lunar impact basins revealed by gravity recovery and interior laboratory measurements (2015) Science Advances, 1 (9). , https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500852; Oberbeck, V.R., Greeley, R., Morgan, R.B., Lavas, M.J., (1971), https://doi.org/10.2172/4001896, . Lunar rilles—A catalog and method of classification (NASA technical memorandum, NASA-TM-X-62088); Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Head, J.W., van der Bogert, C.H., Hiesinger, H., Wilson, L., Young lunar mare basalts in the Chang'e-5 sample return region, northern oceanus procellarum (2021) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 555. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116702; Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Wang, Q., Head, J.W., Yang, R., Kang, Y., China's chang'e-5 landing site: Geology, stratigraphy, and provenance of materials (2021) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 561. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116855; Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Zhao, S.Y., Zhao, J.N., Huang, J., Flahaut, J., Geology and scientific significance of the R{\"u}mker region in Northern Oceanus Procellarum: China's Chang'E-5 landing region (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123 (6), pp. 1407-1430. , https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005595; Roberts, C.E., Gregg, T.K.P., Rima Marius, the moon: Formation of lunar sinuous rilles by constructional and erosional processes (2019) Icarus, 317, pp. 682-688. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.02.033; Robinson, M.S., Brylow, S.M., Tschimmel, M., Humm, D., Lawrence, S.J., Thomas, P.C., Lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera (LROC) instrument overview (2010) Space Science Reviews, 150, pp. 81-124. , https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2; Sato, H., Robinson, M.S., Lawrence, S.J., Denevi, B.W., Hapke, B., Jolliff, B.L., Hiesinger, H., Lunar mare TiO2 abundances estimated from UV/Vis reflectance (2017) Icarus, 296, pp. 216-238. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.013; Solomon, S.C., Head, J.W., Lunar mascon basins: Lava filling, tectonics, and evolution of the lithosphere (1980) Reviews of Geophysics, 18 (1), pp. 107-141. , https://doi.org/10.1029/RG018i001p00107; Spudis, P.D., Hawke, B.R., Lucey, P.G., (1988) Materials and formation of the Imbrium basin, 18, pp. 155-168. , (,). Paper presented at 18th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; Valantinas, A., Schultz, P.H., The origin of neotectonics on the lunar nearside (2020) Geology, 48 (7), pp. 649-653. , https://doi.org/10.1130/G47202.1; Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Di, K., Chen, M., Duan, J., Kong, J., Localization of the Chang'e-5 lander using radio-tracking and image-based methods (2021) Remote Sensing, 13. , https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040590; Watters, T.R., Johnson, C.L., Lunar tectonics (2010) Planetary tectonics, pp. 121-182. , T. R. Watters, R. A. Schultz, (Eds.),, Cambridge University Press; Wilson, L., Head, J.W., Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 1: Theory) (2017) Icarus, 283, pp. 146-175. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.039; Wilson, L., Head, J.W., Controls on lunar basaltic volcanic eruption structure and morphology: Gas release patterns in sequential eruption hases (2018) Geophysical Research Letters, 45, pp. 5852-5859. , https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078327; Wilson, L., Head, J.W., (2021), . Lunar volcanic eruptions Estimates of magma volatile contents, volumeseruption rates. Paper presented at 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p; Yue, Z., Michael, G.G., Di, K., Liu, J., Global survey of lunar Wrinkle Ridge formation times (2017) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 477, pp. 14-20. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.048; Chisenga, C., Yan, J., Zhao, J., Atekwana, E.A., Steffen, R., Density structure of the R{\"u}mker region in the Northern Oceanus Procellarum: Implications for lunar volcanism and landing site selection for the Chang'E-5 mission (2020) Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125 (1). , https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE005978; Kneissl, T., van Gasselt, S., Neukum, G., Map-projection-independent crater size-frequency determination in GIS environments-new software tool for ArcGIS (2011) Planetary and Space Science, 59 (11), pp. 1243-1254. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2010.03.015; Michael, G.G., Kneissl, T., Neesemann, A., Planetary surface dating from crater size-frequency distribution measurements: Poisson timing analysis (2016) Icarus, 277, pp. 279-285. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.019; Michael, G.G., Neukum, G., Planetary surface dating from crater size-frequency distribution measurements: Partial resurfacing events and statistical age uncertainty (2010) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 294 (3), pp. 223-229. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.041; Neukum, G., (1983) Meteoritenbombardement und datierung planetarer oberflaechen, , University of Munich; Neukum, G., Ivanov, B.A., Hartmann, W.K., Cratering records in the inner solar system in relation to the lunar reference system (2001) Chronology and evolution of mars, pp. 55-86. , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1035-0_3, R. Kallenbach, J. Geiss, W. K. Hartmann, (Eds.),, Springer Netherlands; Wieczorek, M.A., Neumann, G.A., Nimmo, F., Kiefer, W.S., Taylor, G.J., Melosh, H.J., The crust of the moon as seen by GRAIL (2013) Science, 339 (6120), pp. 671-675. , https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1231530; Zuber, M.T., Smith, D.E., Watkins, M.M., Asmar, S.W., Konopliv, A.S., Lemoine, F.G., Gravity field of the moon from the gravity recovery and interior laboratory (GRAIL) mission (2013) Science, 339 (6120), pp. 668-671. , https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1231507",
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N1 - Export Date: 24 June 2021 CODEN: GPRLA Correspondence Address: Xiao, L.; State Key Laboratory of Geological Processess and Mineral Resources, China; email: longxiao@cug.edu.cn Correspondence Address: Head, J.W.; Department of Earth, United States; email: James_Head@brown.edu Funding details: D020101, D020205 Funding details: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, 80NSSC19K0605 Funding details: National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC, 41830214 Funding details: China Scholarship Council, CSC, 201906410015 Funding details: National Key Research and Development Program of China, NKRDPC, 2020YFE0202100 Funding text 1: This research was funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFE0202100), the Pre‐Research Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies (D020101, D020205), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41830214). Yuqi Qian was funded by the China Scholarship Council 201906410015. James W. Head gratefully acknowledges funding from the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission, Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Experiment Team (Grant 80NSSC19K0605 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‐Goddard). References: Barker, M.K., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G.A., Zuber, M.T., Haruyama, J., Smith, D.E., A new lunar digital elevation model from the lunar orbiter laser altimeter and SELENE terrain camera (2016) Icarus, 273, pp. 346-355. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.039; Carr, M.H., The role of lava erosion in the formation of lunar rilles and Martian channels (1974) Icarus, 22 (1), pp. 1-23. , https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(74)90162-6; Chen, Y., Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Kreslavsky, M.A., Liu, J., Ren, X., (2021), https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2021/pdf/1818.pdf, . The role of pre-existing topography in modulating lunar lava flow widths, depthschannel structure. Paper presented at 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved from; Haruyama, J., Matsunaga, T., Matsunaga, T., Ohtake, M., Morota, T., Honda, C., Global lunar-surface mapping experiment using the Lunar Imager/Spectrometer on SELENE (2008) Earth Planets and Space, 60 (4), pp. 243-255. , https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352788; Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 2: Predicted emplacement processes and observations) (2017) Icarus, 283, pp. 176-223. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.031; Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W., Wolf, U., Jaumann, R., Neukum, G., Ages and stratigraphy of lunar mare basalts: A synthesis (2011) Special Papers of the Geological Society of America, 477, pp. 1-51. , https://doi.org/10.1130/2011.2477(01; Hulme, G., Turbulent lava flows and the formation of lunar sinuous rilles (1973) Modern Geology, 4, pp. 107-117; Hurwitz, D.M., Head, J.W., Hiesinger, H., Lunar sinuous rilles: Distribution, characteristics, and implications for their origin (2013) Planetary and Space Science, 79-80 (80), pp. 1-38. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2012.10.019; Hurwitz, D.M., Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Hiesinger, H., Origin of lunar sinuous rilles: Modeling effects of gravity, surface slope, and lava composition on erosion rates during the formation of Rima Prinz (2012) Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (E12). , https://doi.org/10.1029/2011je004000; Ivanov, M.A., Head, J.W., Bystrov, A., The lunar gruithuisen silicic extrusive domes: Topographic configuration, morphology, ages, and internal structure (2016) Icarus, 273, pp. 262-283. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.015; Jolliff, B.L., Gillis, J.J., Haskin, L.A., Korotev, R.L., Wieczorek, M.A., Major lunar crustal terranes: Surface expressions and crust-mantle origins (2000) Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (E2), pp. 4197-4216. , https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JE001103; Kodama, S., Ohtake, M., Yokota, Y., Iwasaki, A., Haruyama, J., Matsunaga, T., Characterization of multiband imager aboard SELENE (2010) Space Science Reviews, 154, pp. 79-102. , https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9661-z; Liu, J., Zeng, X., Li, C., Ren, X., Yan, W., Tan, X., Landing site selection and overview of china's lunar landing missions (2021) Space Science Reviews, 217 (1), p. 6. , https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00781-9; Minton, D.A., Fassett, C.I., Hirabayashi, M., Howl, B.A., Richardson, J.E., The equilibrium size-frequency distribution of small craters reveals the effects of distal ejecta on lunar landscape morphology (2019) Icarus, 326, pp. 63-87. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.02.021; Morgan, C., Wilson, L., Head, J.W., Formation and dispersal of pyroclasts on the moon: Indicators of lunar magma volatile contents (2021) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 413. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107217; Neumann, G.A., Zuber, M.T., Wieczorek, M.A., Head, J.W., Baker, D.M.H., Solomon, S.C., Lunar impact basins revealed by gravity recovery and interior laboratory measurements (2015) Science Advances, 1 (9). , https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500852; Oberbeck, V.R., Greeley, R., Morgan, R.B., Lavas, M.J., (1971), https://doi.org/10.2172/4001896, . Lunar rilles—A catalog and method of classification (NASA technical memorandum, NASA-TM-X-62088); Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Head, J.W., van der Bogert, C.H., Hiesinger, H., Wilson, L., Young lunar mare basalts in the Chang'e-5 sample return region, northern oceanus procellarum (2021) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 555. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116702; Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Wang, Q., Head, J.W., Yang, R., Kang, Y., China's chang'e-5 landing site: Geology, stratigraphy, and provenance of materials (2021) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 561. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116855; Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Zhao, S.Y., Zhao, J.N., Huang, J., Flahaut, J., Geology and scientific significance of the Rümker region in Northern Oceanus Procellarum: China's Chang'E-5 landing region (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123 (6), pp. 1407-1430. , https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005595; Roberts, C.E., Gregg, T.K.P., Rima Marius, the moon: Formation of lunar sinuous rilles by constructional and erosional processes (2019) Icarus, 317, pp. 682-688. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.02.033; Robinson, M.S., Brylow, S.M., Tschimmel, M., Humm, D., Lawrence, S.J., Thomas, P.C., Lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera (LROC) instrument overview (2010) Space Science Reviews, 150, pp. 81-124. , https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2; Sato, H., Robinson, M.S., Lawrence, S.J., Denevi, B.W., Hapke, B., Jolliff, B.L., Hiesinger, H., Lunar mare TiO2 abundances estimated from UV/Vis reflectance (2017) Icarus, 296, pp. 216-238. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.013; Solomon, S.C., Head, J.W., Lunar mascon basins: Lava filling, tectonics, and evolution of the lithosphere (1980) Reviews of Geophysics, 18 (1), pp. 107-141. , https://doi.org/10.1029/RG018i001p00107; Spudis, P.D., Hawke, B.R., Lucey, P.G., (1988) Materials and formation of the Imbrium basin, 18, pp. 155-168. , (,). Paper presented at 18th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; Valantinas, A., Schultz, P.H., The origin of neotectonics on the lunar nearside (2020) Geology, 48 (7), pp. 649-653. , https://doi.org/10.1130/G47202.1; Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Di, K., Chen, M., Duan, J., Kong, J., Localization of the Chang'e-5 lander using radio-tracking and image-based methods (2021) Remote Sensing, 13. , https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040590; Watters, T.R., Johnson, C.L., Lunar tectonics (2010) Planetary tectonics, pp. 121-182. , T. R. Watters, R. A. Schultz, (Eds.),, Cambridge University Press; Wilson, L., Head, J.W., Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 1: Theory) (2017) Icarus, 283, pp. 146-175. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.039; Wilson, L., Head, J.W., Controls on lunar basaltic volcanic eruption structure and morphology: Gas release patterns in sequential eruption hases (2018) Geophysical Research Letters, 45, pp. 5852-5859. , https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078327; Wilson, L., Head, J.W., (2021), . Lunar volcanic eruptions Estimates of magma volatile contents, volumeseruption rates. Paper presented at 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p; Yue, Z., Michael, G.G., Di, K., Liu, J., Global survey of lunar Wrinkle Ridge formation times (2017) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 477, pp. 14-20. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.048; Chisenga, C., Yan, J., Zhao, J., Atekwana, E.A., Steffen, R., Density structure of the Rümker region in the Northern Oceanus Procellarum: Implications for lunar volcanism and landing site selection for the Chang'E-5 mission (2020) Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125 (1). , https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE005978; Kneissl, T., van Gasselt, S., Neukum, G., Map-projection-independent crater size-frequency determination in GIS environments-new software tool for ArcGIS (2011) Planetary and Space Science, 59 (11), pp. 1243-1254. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2010.03.015; Michael, G.G., Kneissl, T., Neesemann, A., Planetary surface dating from crater size-frequency distribution measurements: Poisson timing analysis (2016) Icarus, 277, pp. 279-285. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.019; Michael, G.G., Neukum, G., Planetary surface dating from crater size-frequency distribution measurements: Partial resurfacing events and statistical age uncertainty (2010) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 294 (3), pp. 223-229. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.041; Neukum, G., (1983) Meteoritenbombardement und datierung planetarer oberflaechen, , University of Munich; Neukum, G., Ivanov, B.A., Hartmann, W.K., Cratering records in the inner solar system in relation to the lunar reference system (2001) Chronology and evolution of mars, pp. 55-86. , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1035-0_3, R. Kallenbach, J. Geiss, W. K. Hartmann, (Eds.),, Springer Netherlands; Wieczorek, M.A., Neumann, G.A., Nimmo, F., Kiefer, W.S., Taylor, G.J., Melosh, H.J., The crust of the moon as seen by GRAIL (2013) Science, 339 (6120), pp. 671-675. , https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1231530; Zuber, M.T., Smith, D.E., Watkins, M.M., Asmar, S.W., Konopliv, A.S., Lemoine, F.G., Gravity field of the moon from the gravity recovery and interior laboratory (GRAIL) mission (2013) Science, 339 (6120), pp. 668-671. , https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1231507

PY - 2021/6/16

Y1 - 2021/6/16

N2 - 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 Sharp, previously mapped as the longest lunar sinuous rille, is the most prominent volcanic feature associated with the landing region. Our analysis shows that Rima Sharp is not a single rille, but instead is composed of two separate rilles (Rima Sharp, originating from the North Vent, and Rima Mairan from the South Vent), meeting at ∼40.40°N, 48.38°W. Both vent have characteristics suggesting relatively low magma volatile contents. Rima Mairan and associated lavas (southeast of Em4/P58), embay and are slightly younger than Rima Sharp. Rille formation is largely influenced by pre-existing topography (earlier mare surface, proto-wrinkle ridges, highlands); rilles and deposits experienced post-formation deformation (wrinkle ridges, mare subsidence). CE-5 samples probably originate mainly from Rima Sharp's source vent, but may represent deposits from both rilles. © 2021. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

AB - 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 Sharp, previously mapped as the longest lunar sinuous rille, is the most prominent volcanic feature associated with the landing region. Our analysis shows that Rima Sharp is not a single rille, but instead is composed of two separate rilles (Rima Sharp, originating from the North Vent, and Rima Mairan from the South Vent), meeting at ∼40.40°N, 48.38°W. Both vent have characteristics suggesting relatively low magma volatile contents. Rima Mairan and associated lavas (southeast of Em4/P58), embay and are slightly younger than Rima Sharp. Rille formation is largely influenced by pre-existing topography (earlier mare surface, proto-wrinkle ridges, highlands); rilles and deposits experienced post-formation deformation (wrinkle ridges, mare subsidence). CE-5 samples probably originate mainly from Rima Sharp's source vent, but may represent deposits from both rilles. © 2021. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

KW - Chang'e-5

KW - lunar landing site

KW - Northern Oceanus Procellarum

KW - sample return

KW - sinuous rille

KW - young mare basalts

KW - Lunar landing

KW - Topography

KW - Volatile contents

KW - Deposits

KW - Change

KW - deformation

KW - lava

KW - magma

KW - Moon

KW - sampling

KW - subsidence

KW - topography

U2 - 10.1029/2021GL092663

DO - 10.1029/2021GL092663

M3 - Journal article

VL - 48

JO - Geophys. Res. Lett.

JF - Geophys. Res. Lett.

SN - 0094-8276

IS - 11

ER -