Lunar cratering
- 31 March 1977
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 285 (1327) , 267-272
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1977.0064
Abstract
The form of the lunar impact crater size-frequency distribution is discussed. Latest results on the lunar cratering chronology in the first 1.5 Ga after its formation are reviewed. It is shown that most cratering arguments speak against an extraordinary high flux increase (‘cataclysm’) at ca . 4 Ga ago. From age determination by crater frequency measurements, it is concluded that the dominant process of the formation of light (Cayley) plains is not deposition of basin ejecta but an endogenic one.Keywords
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