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Title: Volumes of Cryptomafic Deposits on the Western Limb of the Moon: Implications for Lunar Volcanism 
Authors: Irene Antonenko 

Originally, the Moon was thought to consist of light, highland regions and dark, mare regions. The identification of dark-haloed craters has shown that some highland regions cover and obscure early volcanic units. Such hidden mafic, or cryptomafic, deposits have important implications for our understanding of lunar history. 

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Cryptomaria: buried mare basalt lavas.

NameAreaThicknessVolumeAge
 (105 km²)(m)( 105  km³)(by)
Schiller-Schickard3.64001.53.8-3.92
Humorum2.34501.03.8-3.92
Procellarum0.354000.153.8-3.92
Australe6.45003.23.8-4.0
Balmer1.74000.683.87-4.1
East Frigoris3.74001.53.8-3.92
Langemak4.04001.63.92-4.1
Smythii2.04000.83.8-3.84
Taruntius0.87600.52~3.8
South Pole-Aitken Basin2.540013.63-4.1
Mendel-Rydberg0.31400.123.8-3.92
Marginis0.29400.123.8-4.1
Marginis0.67400.273.87-4.1
Lomonosov-Flemming0.52400.213.8-4.0
Hercules0.624000.25>3.2
Tsiolkovsky.504000.203.2-4.0
Korolev0.954000.383.4-4.04
Humboldtianum0.214000.0843.8-3.87
Humboldtianum1.124000.453.87-3.92
Maurolycus1.64000.643.87-3.92
Milne0.925000.463.92-4.0
Mendeleev0.534000.213.2-3.9

Source: New Views of the Moon, p 434



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