The Geology of Inferno Chasm, Idaho: a Terrestrial Analog for Lunar Rilles?

[摘要] Lunar sinuous rilles are thought to have formed by thermal erosion, mechanical erosion, construction, or a combination of these processes via emplacement by lava tubes or lava channels. The investigation of Hadley Rille by Apollo 15 provided the first field observations of a rille, but remote sensing observations remain our primary method for studying these features. Terrestrial volcanic features with similar morphologies to lunar rilles can provide insight into their formation on the Moon.

[发布日期] 2014-10-22

[学科分类] 天文学(综合)