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Professor Gareth Collins

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Professor of Planetary Science
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 1518g.collins Website

 
 
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Location

 

4.83Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Kring:2016:10.1038/ncomms13161,
author = {Kring, DA and Kramer, GY and Collins, GS and Potter, RWK and Chandnani, M},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms13161},
journal = {Nature Communications},
title = {Peak-Ring Structure and Kinematics from a Multi-disciplinary Study of the Schrödinger Impact Basin},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13161},
volume = {7},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The Schrödinger basin on the lunar farside is ~320 km in diameter and the best-preservedpeak-ring basin of its size in the Earth–Moon system. Spectral and photogeologic analyses ofdata from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument on the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and theLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) on the LRO spacecraft indicate the peak ring iscomposed of anorthositic, noritic, and troctolitic lithologies that were juxtaposed by severalcross-cutting faults during peak ring formation. Hydrocode simulations indicate the lithologieswere uplifted from depths up to 30 km, representing the crust of the lunar farside. Combining2geological and remote-sensing observations with numerical modeling, here we show a DisplacedStructural Uplift model is best for peak rings, including that in the K-T Chicxulub impact crateron Earth. These results may help guide sample selection in lunar sample return missions that arebeing studied for the multi-agency International Space Exploration Coordination Group.Determining which lunar landing site may yield information about the lunar interior is veryimportant with impact basins usually the best sites. Kring et al. provide a geological map of theSchrödinger basin on the moon via a multidisciplinary approach of remote sensing and numericalmodeling.
AU  - Kring,DA
AU  - Kramer,GY
AU  - Collins,GS
AU  - Potter,RWK
AU  - Chandnani,M
DO  - 10.1038/ncomms13161
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2041-1723
TI  - Peak-Ring Structure and Kinematics from a Multi-disciplinary Study of the Schrödinger Impact Basin
T2  - Nature Communications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13161
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/38403
VL  - 7
ER  -
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