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Geological Studies of the Moon.—The surface of the moon is now known in such detail, thanks to excellent photographs and persevering telescopic study, that it is possible for the geologist to trace the steps of the formation of many of the features. Prof. O. Matousek, of the Charles' University, Prague, read a paper a year ago before the Geological Society of America, which is printed in the Pan-American Geologist, vol. 54. The Sinus Iridum is the region examined; a diagram shows the variovis systems of faults, which divide themselves into groups in various directions, the parallelism of each group being very close. Two remarkable dislocations are indicated, in each of which a large region appears to have suffered a lateral shift of several miles. One is in the eastern cape, Heraclides; this is sometimes compared to a woman's head; the portion corresponding to the face has been shifted towards the north-west. The other dislocation occurs in the middle of the coastline of the bay, producing a conspicuous little promontory. Several of the faults are marked by rows of small craters, and the author considers that in these cases at least the craters are genuine volcanoes.
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Astronomical Topics. Nature 129, 442 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129442a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129442a0