Dorsum Buckland
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Dorsum Buckland is a large wrinkle ridge at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon, 380 km long. It is named after British Geologist William Buckland. The feature was named by the IAU in 1976.[1]
Dorsum Buckland's ridges are 200 to 300 meters high and were formed by compressional stresses near the center of the basin, possibly over buried basin structures.[2]
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References
- ↑ Dorsum Buckland, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ↑ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/stereo_atlas/HTDOCS/LSER-B3.HTM
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