Geology of the Apollo 14 landing site in the Fra Mauro highlands

Abstract

Cross-reference oflunar samples with locations, lunar-surface photographs, status of determining sample location and orientation, megascopic sample description, and comments by the astronaut crew during sample collection____ Usage of film on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission________________________________________________ Sequential listing within each magazine of 60 mm Apollo

New Views of Lunar Geoscience: An Introduction and Overview

“…The landing site shows numerous subdued craters up to several hundreds of meters across and the regolith was estimated to be 10-20 m thick (Swann et al 1971). The geology of the Fra Mauro area is discussed in detail in Chapter 2 and by Chao (1973), Swann et al (1977), Hawke and Head (1977), and Simonds et al (1977).…”

Osmium isotope and highly siderophile element systematics of lunar impact melt breccias: Implications for the late accretion history of the Moon and Earth

“…At the Apollo 14 site, much of the material in the Fra Mauro Formation probably consists of locally derived material excavated by secondary impacts related to the Imbrium event rather than primary Imbrium ejecta, however (Hawke and Head, 1977). Sample 14321 was collected on the rim of a 340-m diameter crater and is thought to represent Fra Mauro material derived from about 65 m below the surface (Swann et al, 1977).…”

The most reduced rock from the moon, Apollo 14 basalt 14053: Its unique features and their origin

“…With the return of the Apollo 14 rocks and soils in 1971, the Preliminary Examination Team reported that the majority of the rocks were breccias (Swann et al 1977). Only four rocks were reported to be basalts: (1) 14310 and its smaller pair, 14073; and (2) 14053 and its smaller pair, 14072.…”

“…This sample was chipped from a large (~0.5 m long) boulder at station C2, about 130 m south of the rim of Cone crater, during EVA 2 of Apollo 14 (Swann et al 1977). Basalt 14053 is relatively coarse-grained, but otherwise is typical of other Apollo 14 high-Al basalts.…”