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T152. New Moon Rising: The Latest Geologic Results from the Lunar Surface

 
EXPLORING THE MOON WITH LRO: CHARACTERIZING VOLCANISM ON THE LUNAR SURFACE
LAWRENCE, Samuel J.1, JOLLIFF, B.L.2, GLOTCH, Timothy3, HAWKE, B. Ray4, GREENHAGEN, Benjamin T.5, STOPAR, Julie D.1, ROBINSON, Mark S.6, GARRY, W. Brent7, and GUSTAFSON, J. Olaf8, (1) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 873603, Tempe, AZ 85287-3603, sjlawren@asu.edu, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130, (3) Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (4) Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, (5) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive MS 183-301, Campus Box 1169, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, (6) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (7) Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (8) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 201 Humphreys Service Building, Ithaca, NY 14853
 
NEW INSIGHTS INTO SMALL LUNAR PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS
GADDIS, Lisa R., Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, lgaddis@usgs.gov
 
LUNAR PLAINS-STYLE (SMALL SHIELD) VOLCANISM
PLESCIA, Jeffrey, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Drive, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu
 
THE EMPLACEMENT OF VALLIS SCHROTERI AND MARE IMBRIUM LAVA FLOWS, THE MOON
GARRY, W. Brent, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, wbgarry@psi.edu
 
UNDERSTANDING EARLY VOLCANISM ON THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS: COMPARISON OF LUNAR CRYPTOMARE DEPOSITS AND INTERCRATER PLAINS ON MERCURY
WHITTEN, Jennifer L.1, HEAD, James W.2, PIETERS, Carle M.3, MURCHIE, Scott L.4, BLEWETT, David T.5, DENEVI, Brett W.6, NEUMANN, Gregory A.7, ZUBER, Maria T.8, SMITH, David E.8, and SOLOMON, Sean C.9, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, Jennifer_Whitten@brown.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (3) Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (4) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (5) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS 200-W230, Laurel, MD 20723, (6) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (7) Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (8) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, (9) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015
 
TESTING HYPOTHESES OF ORIGIN FOR LUNAR FLOOR-FRACTURED CRATERS: VISCOUS RELAXATION VERSUS MAGMATIC INTRUSION AND PREDICTIONS OF ASSOCIATED GRAVITY ANOMALIES
JOZWIAK, Lauren1, HEAD, James W.2, ZUBER, Maria T.3, SMITH, David E.3, and NEUMANN, Gregory A.4, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St, Providence, RI 02906, lauren_jozwiak@brown.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (3) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, (4) Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771
 
GRAVITY RECOVERY AND INTERIOR LABORATORY (GRAIL) MISSION: MISSION STATUS AND APPLICATIONS TO LUNAR GEOLOGY
ZUBER, Maria, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-518, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, zuber@mit.edu and GRAIL, Science Team, Cambridge, MA 02139
 
High Resolution Gravitational Field of the Moon—Results from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Mission
ASMAR, Sami1, ZUBER, Maria2, SMITH, David E.3, KONOPLIV, Alex1, WATKINS, Michael1, and PARK, Ryan1, (1) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, sami.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov, (2) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-518, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, (3) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
 
LRO DIVINER LUNAR RADIOMETER EXPERIMENT RESULTS
PAIGE, David, Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, 595 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, dap@moon.ucla.edu
 
ORIGIN OF PEAK-RING BASINS ON THE MOON: IMPLICATIONS FOR CRUSTAL STRUCTURE
BAKER, David M.H.1, HEAD, James W.1, NEUMANN, Gregory A.2, SMITH, David E.3, and ZUBER, Maria T.3, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, david_baker@brown.edu, (2) Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (3) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
 
N(50) CRATER RETENTION AGES FOR AN EXPANDED INVENTORY OF LUNAR BASINS: EVIDENCE FOR AN EARLY HEAVY BOMBARDMENT AND A LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT?
FREY, Herbert, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration–Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 698 Planetary Geodynamics Lab, Goddard Space Flight Center, Gambrills, MD 20771, Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov and BURGESS, Emily, Seton Keough High School, 1201 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21227
 
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASIN BASED ON CRATER SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS
HIESINGER, Harald1, VAN DER BOGERT, Carolyn H.1, JOLLIFF, B.L.2, SCHMEDEMANN, Nico3, THIESSEN, Fiona1, PASCKERT, Jan Hendrik1, and ROBINSON, Mark S.4, (1) Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, Münster, 48149, Germany, hiesinger@uni-muenster.de, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130, (3) Free University of Berlin, Berlin, 03 8381, Germany, (4) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251
 
COMBINING COMPOSITIONAL AND MORPHOLOGIC DATA TO MAP THE COPERNICUS LUNAR QUADRANGLE: A CASE STUDY FOR NEW METHODS IN LUNAR GEOLOGIC MAPPING
HAGERTY, Justin J., Astrogeology Science Center, United States Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, jhagerty@usgs.gov, SKINNER, J.A. Jr, Astrogeology Team, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, and GADDIS, Lisa R., Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
 
CONSTRUCTION AND EROSION IN THE FORMATION OF LUNAR SINUOUS RILLES
GREGG, Tracy K.P.1, ROBERTS, Carolyn1, and YINGST, R. Aileen2, (1) Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, tgregg@buffalo.edu, (2) Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
 
LUNAR ORIENTALE BASIN: A COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF BASIN RINGS AND GEOLOGICAL UNITS FROM NEW SPACECRAFT DATA
HEAD, James W.1, BAKER, David M.H.1, NEUMANN, Gregory A.2, SMITH, David E.3, ZUBER, Maria T.4, and VAUGHAN, William M.1, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, James_Head@brown.edu, (2) Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (3) Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (4) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
 
GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF WESTERN SOUTH POLE-AITKEN USING DATA FROM LRO
CHUANG, Frank C., YINGST, R. Aileen, and BERMAN, Daniel C., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, chuang@psi.edu
 
LUNAR IRON—EXAMINATION OF IRON ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES VIA THE M3, CLEMENTINE, AND LUNAR PROSPECTOR DATA SETS FOR ACCURACY AND OPTIMIZATION
CAHILL, Joshua T.S., Space Department, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, joshua.cahill@jhuapl.edu, KLIMA, Rachel L., Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, HAGERTY, Justin J., Astrogeology Science Center, United States Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, LAWRENCE, David J., Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, and BLEWETT, David T., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS 200-W230, Laurel, MD 20723
 
INTEGRATING NEAR-INFRARED DERIVED MINERALOGY AND GAMMA RAY DERIVED CHEMISTRY OF THE MOON: PROBING IGNEOUS SOURCES FROM ORBIT
KLIMA, Rachel L., Space Department, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, Rachel.Klima@jhuapl.edu, CAHILL, Joshua T.S., Space Department, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, HAGERTY, Justin J., Astrogeology Science Center, United States Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, and LAWRENCE, David J., Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723
 
GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF ENORMOUS VOLUMES OF IMPACT MELT: A CASE STUDY OF THE ORIENTALE MELT SEA
VAUGHAN, William M.1, HEAD, James W.1, WILSON, Lionel2, and HESS, Paul C.3, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, william_vaughan@brown.edu, (2) Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom, (3) Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912
 
FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND TOPOGRAPHY OF INFLATED LAVA FLOWS IN IDAHO AND OREGON
GARRY, W. Brent, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, wbgarry@psi.edu and ZIMBELMAN, James R., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, PO Box 37012, Museum MRC 315, Washington, DC 20013-7012
 
CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL-SCALE GRABEN ON THE MOON DISCOVERED BY THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CAMERA (LROC)
FRENCH, Renee A.1, BINA, Craig R.1, ROBINSON, Mark S.2, and JURDY, Donna M.1, (1) Earth and Planetary Science, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, renee@earth.northwestern.edu, (2) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251
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