title: Lunar cinder cones.
abstract: Data on terrestrial eruptions of pyroclastic material and ballistic considerations suggest that in the lunar environment (vacuum and reduced gravity) low-rimmed pyroclastic rings are formed rather than the high-rimmed cinder cones so abundant on the earth. Dark blanketing deposits in the Taurus-Littrow region (Apollo 17 landing area) are interpreted as being at least partly composed of lunar counterparts of terrestrial cinder cones.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: McGetchin
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Head