Not Paleontology or Archaeology, but Geology
USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
United States Geological Survey
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Really neat. My question are there still bodies hitting the moon and changing the geography?
JackPedigo
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Apr 22, 2020
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Yes, just like here on earth. Only they do more damage on the moon as there is no atmosphere to burn them up before impacting the surface.
If I remember correctly the rocks on and in the moon are mostly from the time when the collision between 2 proto-planets, Earth and Thera, plus the remains of the literally millions of meteorites that have struck it since then only they would be far better preserved than if they were here on earth, i.e. no weathering, erosion, etc.
Triphid
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Apr 22, 2020
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I think there might be some volcanic. The core of the moon is nickel-iron like the Earth, and surrounded by a molten layer.
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