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Science 2 January 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3914, pp. 49 - 50
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3914.49
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Lunar Igneous Intrusions

Farouk El-Baz 1

1 Lunar Exploration Department, Bellcomm, Inc., Washington, D.C. 20024

Photographs taken from Apollo 10 and 11 reveal a number of probable igneous intrusions, including three probable dikes that crosscut the wall and floor of an unnamed 75-kilometer crater on the lunar farside. These intrusions are distinguished by their setting, textures, structures, and brightness relative to the surrounding materials. Recognition of these probable igneous intrusions in the lunar highlands slupports the indications of the heterogeneity of lunar materials and the plausibility of intrusive igneous activity, in addition to extrusive volcanism, on the moon.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Al-Khwarizmi: A New-Found Basin on the Lunar Far Side.
F. El-Baz and F. El-Baz (1973)
Science 180, 1173-1176
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