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Science 20 August 1971:
Vol. 173. no. 3998, pp. 716 - 719
DOI: 10.1126/science.173.3998.716
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Geologic Setting of the Apollo 14 Samples

G. A. Swann 1, N. J. Trask 2, M. H. Hait 1, and R. L. Sutton 1

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
2 U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025

The Apollo 14 lunar module landed in a region of the lunar highlands that is part of a widespread blanket of ejecta surrounding the mare Imbrium basin. Samples were collected from the regolith developed on a nearly level plain, a ridge 100 meters high, and a blocky ejecta deposit around a young crater. Large boulders in the vicinity of the landing site are coherent fragmental rocks as are some of the returned samples.


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