Dorsum Buckland

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Mosaic of Apollo 15 panoramic camera images showing part of Dorsum Buckland, facing south Dorsum Buckland AS15-P-9346-9348-9350-9352.jpg
Mosaic of Apollo 15 panoramic camera images showing part of Dorsum Buckland, facing south
Apollo 17 image AS17-159-23928 (33608929128).jpg
Apollo 17 image
The region in selenochromatic format (Si). Posidonius-Agrippa Si - Aldo Ferruggia.jpg
The region in selenochromatic format (Si).

Dorsum Buckland is a large wrinkle ridge at 20°24′N12°48′E / 20.4°N 12.8°E / 20.4; 12.8 in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon, 369 km long. It was named after British geologist William Buckland 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]

References

  1. ↑ Dorsum Buckland, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
  2. ↑ Stereo Atlas FEATURES OF INTEREST, Montes Haemus, Mare Serenitatis, L&PI, 2000.


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