Several Geological Issues of Schrödinger Basin Exposed by CE-2 CELMS Data-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Several Geological Issues of Schrödinger Basin Exposed by CE-2 CELMS Data

Published:2019-07-01 Issue: Volume:2019 Page:1-13
ISSN:1687-7969
Container-title:Advances in Astronomy
language:en
Short-container-title:Advances in Astronomy

Author:

Meng Z. G.¹²³^ORCID,Wang H. H.¹,Zheng Y. C.³^ORCID,Wang Y. Z.¹^ORCID,Miyamoto H.⁴,Cai Z. C.²,Ping J. S.³,Zhu Y. Z.¹

Affiliation:

1. College of Geoexploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China

2. State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau

3. Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

4. The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Abstract

The study on the Schrödinger basin may provide important clues about the formation of South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin. In this paper, the thermophysical features of Schrödinger basin were evaluated using the Chang’E-2 microwave sounder (CELMS) data. The results are as follows. (1) The geological units are reevaluated with the CELMS data and a new geological view was provided according to the brightness temperature and emissivity maps. (2) The surface topography plays an important role in the observed CELMS data. (3) The hot anomaly in the basin floor indicates a warm substrate. (4) The pyroxene-bearing anorthosite is probably an important cause for the cold anomaly over the lunar surface. Also, the study proves the applicability of the CELMS data applying in high latitude regions to a certain extent.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/aa/2019/3926082.pdf

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