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Hybrid Volcanic Episodes within the Orientale Basin, Moon

Harish; Patel, Shreekumari Mukeshbhai; Patel, Deep +2 more

Basalts from Mare Orientale are representative of lunar flood volcanism, which sheds light on the lunar farside's thermal and volcanic past. We use Chandrayaan's Moon Mineralogy Mapper data to examine the spectral and chemical makeup of the volcanic units located in the Orientale basin; the analysis specifically focuses on three formations: Mare O…