Paper Info
Title
The Identification And Analysis Of Gas-Related Volcanic Features Within Chang'E-5 Landing Region
Abstract
Chang'e-5 (CE-5) successfully landed on the young basalts area in the northeastern Oceanus Procellarum on 1 December 2020. Recent studies on the CE-5 landing area have shown that the lack of gas-related volcanic morphology indicates that the volatile elements captured in the interior of the Moon within late-stage magma is relatively low. Typical lunar gas-related volcanic features include dark mantle deposits, volcanic pits, irregular mare patches and so on. Based on orbital images, topography, and spectral data obtained from multiple missions restricted by the morphologic and compositional characteristics of typical volcanic explosive features, this study investigated the morphological characteristics of the volcanic features in detail and found that there are three dark mantle deposits (DMDs) near the source area of Rima Mairan that have unusually low albedo and abnormally high titanium and iron content than those of the surrounding material. Combined with M-3 spectral analysis, it is shown that DMDs contain some volcanic glass components, which indicates a gas-rich explosive eruption process. In addition to DMDs, irregular mare patches (IMPs) and a volcanic depression/pit have been recognized in this area, both of which indicate a history of gas-related volcanic eruptions. Based on this study and combined with past studies, we determined the volcanic history in the source area of Rima Mairan, including both effusive and explosive volcanic activities.</p>
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.3390/rs13193879
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Chang'e-5, Rima Mairan, dark mantle deposits, irregular mare patches, volcanic glass, volcanism and thermal evolution
Journal
13
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
19
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yuan Chen100.68
Xing Wang200.68
Jianjun Liu302.37
Xin Ren401.35
Hai Huang500.68
Hongbo Zhang6145.68
Chunlai Li716.23