TY - JOUR
T1 - The 3-D geological model around Chang'E-3 landing site based on lunar penetrating radar Channel 1 data
AU - Yuan, Yuefeng
AU - Zhu, Peimin
AU - Zhao, Na
AU - Xiao, Long
AU - Garnero, Edward
AU - Xiao, Zhiyong
AU - Zhao, Jiannan
AU - Qiao, Le
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is sponsored by Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant KGZD-EW-603), National Natural Science Foundation of China (grants 41174049 and 91014002), and China Scholarship Council (201506410021). The LPR data in this paper are hosted at http://moon.bao.ac.cn.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/7/16
Y1 - 2017/7/16
N2 - High-frequency lunar penetrating radar (LPR) data from an instrument on the lunar rover Yutu, from the Chang'E-3 (CE-3) robotic lander, were used to build a three-dimensional (3-D) geological model of the lunar subsurface structure. The CE-3 landing site is in the northern Mare Imbrium. More than five significant reflection horizons are evident in the LPR profile, which we interpret as different period lava flow sequences deposited on the lunar surface. The most probable directions of these flows were inferred from layer depths, thicknesses, and other geological information. Moreover, the apparent Imbrian paleoregolith homogeneity in the profile supports the suggestion of a quiescent period of lunar surface evolution. Similar subsurface structures are found at the NASA Apollo landing sites, indicating that the cause and time of formation of the imaged phenomena may be similar between the two distant regions.
AB - High-frequency lunar penetrating radar (LPR) data from an instrument on the lunar rover Yutu, from the Chang'E-3 (CE-3) robotic lander, were used to build a three-dimensional (3-D) geological model of the lunar subsurface structure. The CE-3 landing site is in the northern Mare Imbrium. More than five significant reflection horizons are evident in the LPR profile, which we interpret as different period lava flow sequences deposited on the lunar surface. The most probable directions of these flows were inferred from layer depths, thicknesses, and other geological information. Moreover, the apparent Imbrian paleoregolith homogeneity in the profile supports the suggestion of a quiescent period of lunar surface evolution. Similar subsurface structures are found at the NASA Apollo landing sites, indicating that the cause and time of formation of the imaged phenomena may be similar between the two distant regions.
KW - 3D geological model
KW - Chang'E-3
KW - lunar penetrating radar
KW - lunar surface structure
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U2 - 10.1002/2017GL073589
DO - 10.1002/2017GL073589
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85023170455
SN - 0094-8276
VL - 44
SP - 6553
EP - 6561
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
IS - 13
ER -