Science. 1973 Apr 6;180(4081):68-71. doi: 10.1126/science.180.4081.68.
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.
有关火山碎屑物质的陆上火山喷发和抛射物力学的资料表明,在月球环境(真空和低重力)下形成的是低缘火山碎屑环,而不是地球上大量存在的高缘火山渣锥。在金牛座-利特罗地区(阿波罗 17 着陆区)发现的黑色覆盖层沉积物被解释为至少部分由地球火山渣锥的月球对应物组成。