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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 42, Issue 22, Pages 9711-9716Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066198
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- GRAIL mission - NASA Discovery Program
- Science and Technologies Research Council [ST/J001260/1]
- NERC [NE/E013589/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- STFC [ST/J001260/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/E013589/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/J001260/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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We model the formation of lunar complex craters and investigate the effect of preimpact porosity on their gravity signatures. We find that while preimpact target porosities less than similar to 7% produce negative residual Bouguer anomalies (BAs), porosities greater than similar to 7% produce positive anomalies whose magnitude is greater for impacted surfaces with higher initial porosity. Negative anomalies result from pore space creation due to fracturing and dilatant bulking, and positive anomalies result from destruction of pore space due to shock wave compression. The central BA of craters larger than similar to 215 km in diameter, however, are invariably positive because of an underlying central mantle uplift. We conclude that the striking differences between the gravity signatures of craters on the Earth and Moon are the result of the higher average porosity and variable porosity of the lunar crust.
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