Dorsum Buckland Explained

Dorsum Buckland is a large wrinkle ridge at 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]

External links

• LAC-42
• LTO-41C2 Galen, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (shows northwestern Dorsum Buckland)
• LTO-42D1 Hornsby, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (shows southeastern Dorsum Buckland)
• Dorsum Buckland at The Moon Wiki
• Buckland Boulders, a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter article

Notes and References

1. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1608 Dorsum Buckland
2. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/stereo_atlas/HTDOCS/LSER-B3.HTM Stereo Atlas