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Mark A. Wieczorek
Researcher at Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Publications - 254
Citations - 15372
Mark A. Wieczorek is an academic researcher from Centre national de la recherche scientifique. The author has contributed to research in topics: Crust & Mars Exploration Program. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 231 publications receiving 12173 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark A. Wieczorek include University of Washington & Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.
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Major lunar crustal terranes: Surface expressions and crust‐mantle origins
TL;DR: In this paper, global geochemical information derived from Clementine multispectral data and Lunar Prospector gamma-ray data reveals at least three distinct provinces whose geochemistry and petrologic history make them geologically unique: (1) the Procellarum KREEP Terrane (PKT), (2) the Feldspathic High-lands terrane (FHT), and (3) the South Pole-Aitken Terane (SPAT).
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The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL
Mark A. Wieczorek,Gregory A. Neumann,Francis Nimmo,Walter S. Kiefer,G. Jeffrey Taylor,H. Jay Melosh,Roger J. Phillips,Sean C. Solomon,Sean C. Solomon,Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna,Sami W. Asmar,A. Konopliv,Frank G. Lemoine,David E. Smith,Michael M. Watkins,James G. Williams,Maria T. Zuber +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, high-resolution gravity data obtained from the dual Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft show that the bulk density of the Moon's highlands crust is 2550 kilograms per cubic meter, substantially lower than generally assumed.
Major Lunar Crustal Terranes: Surface Expressions and Crust-Mantle Origins
TL;DR: In this paper, global geochemical information derived from Clementine multispectral data and Lunar Prospector gamma-ray data reveals at least three distinct provinces whose geochemistry and petrologic history make them geologically unique: (1) the Procellarum KREEP Terrane (PKT), (2) the Feldspathic High-lands terrane (FHT), and (3) the South Pole-Aitken Terane (SPAT).
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The Constitution and Structure of the Lunar Interior
Mark A. Wieczorek,Bradley L. Jolliff,Amir Khan,Matthew E. Pritchard,Benjamin P. Weiss,James G. Williams,Lon L. Hood,Kevin Righter,Clive R. Neal,Charles K. Shearer,I. Stewart McCallum,Stephanie Tompkins,B. Ray Hawke,C. A. Peterson,Jeffrey J. Gillis,Ben Bussey +15 more
TL;DR: The current state of understanding of the lunar interior is the sum of nearly four decades of work and a range of exploration programs spanning that same time period as discussed by the authors, which is the framework that unifies our knowledge of the structure and composition of the Moon.
The crust of the Moon as seen by GRAIL
Mark A. Wieczorek,Alexander S. Konopliv,Frank G. Lemoine,Erwan Mazarico,H. J. Melosh,Gregory A. Neumann,R. S. Park,Roger J. Phillips,David E. Smith,Sean C. Solomon,Maria T. Zuber +10 more
TL;DR: The Moon's gravity field shows that the lunar crust is less dense and more porous than was thought, and high-resolution gravity data obtained from the dual Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft show that the bulk density of the Moon's highlands crust is substantially lower than generally assumed.