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Irregular, shallow mare basin with relatively thin basalt fill.
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Tranquillitatis-type basins are noncircular in plan view and lack identifiable raised rings (Fig. 1).
Mare Tranquillitatis. LROC WAC color-shaded relief overlaid on LROC WAC + NAC mosaic. ACT-REACT quickmap (NASA/GSFC/ASU)
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De Hon, R. (2014). Tranquillitatis-Type Mare Basin. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_593-1
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