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Lunar Mare Basalts, Stratigraphy of

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The internal thermal history and evolution of planetary bodies is expressed in the timing and extent of volcanic activity on their surfaces (Head and Wilson 1992). In particular, investigations of the compositions and ages of volcanic products on the surface are indicative of the thermal and geologic evolution of a planet. Thus, stratigraphic studies attempt to date geological units, integrate them into a stratigraphic column, which is applicable over the entire planet, and to calibrate this column with absolute ages. In the past, four principal methods have been used to derive the ages of lunar mare basalts, including (1) stratigraphic approaches (e.g., Shoemaker and Hackman 1962; Wilhelms 1970, 1987; Soderblom and Boyce 1972; Lucchitta 1978; Stuart-Alexander 1978; Wilhelms et al. 1979; Wilhelms 1987), (2) radiometric investigations of lunar samples (e.g., Papanastassiou and Wasserburg 1971; Silver 1971; Tera and Wasserburg 1974a, b; Husain 1974; Nunes et al. 1974; Schaefer and...

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