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Goins et al. 1981
Goins, N.R., Dainty, A.M. and Toksöz, M.N. (1981). Structure of the lunar crust at highland site apollo station 16. Geophysical Research Letters 8: doi: 10.1029/GL008i001p00029. issn: 0094-8276.

The seismic crustal structure of the moon is known in the region of Oceanus Procellarum from the analysis of artifical impact data. To extend this knowledge we have used data from natural lunar seismic events to search for secondary seismic wave arrivals in the form of peg-leg multiples caused by reflections at crustal interfaces and converted arrivals caused by refractions at crustal interfaces. A polarization filter has been applied to the data to enhance the rectilinear particle motion expected for the onset of these body wave arrivals in the scattered coda of lunar seismograms. The results of this work tentatively indicate that the highland site at station 16 has a 75 km thick crust with an intermediate 20 km interface, compared to the 60 km crust and 20 km interface in Oceanus Procellarum, a mare region. Since the 20 km upper crust appears to exist at both highland and mare sites, it probably does not represent a mare basalt layer but rather a more general feature of the crust. Crustal thickness may partially control elevation by isostasy.

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