Table 5 - Nearside Cryptomaria Regions after Antonenko (1999) and Giguere (1998) (N=21)
Sort order: dsc Long, dsc Lat Revised 1/27/2007

Name Lat_dec Long_dec OtherSourceSizeDepth Size_maj_source Rükl Chart Lunar Chart Comments_________________________________________
Balmer Basin Cryptomare Region -20.1 70.6 Virtual Moon Atlas 300 60 See Figure 9 in Antonenko and Head 1995a for schematic of basin. Region designation from Antonenko 1999c and Giguere et al 1998. Sq. area = 17,000 km. Diameter take-off using Virtual Moon Atlas.
Taruntius Cryptomare Region 7 47 Rükl 2004 100 37 I722, LAC61 Region designation from Antonenko 1999c and Giguere et al 1998. Sq. area = 8.700 km. Size based on rough Rükl chart take-off.
Hercules Cryptomare Region 44 38 Rükl 2004 100 14 I841, LAC27 Region designation from Antonenko 1999c. Sq. area = 6,200 km. Size based on rough Rükl chart take-off and light plain region between C. Williams C and Hercules D mapped by Grolier on Geologic Atlas Chart I841 (1974).
East Figoris Cryptomare Region 65 35 Virtual Moon Atlas 350 6 I725, LAC13 Region designation from Antonenko 1999c and Giguere et al 1998. Sq. area = 37,000 km.
Maurolycus Basin Cryptomare Region -41.8 14 Virtual Moon Atlas 370 66 I695, LAC113 Region designation from Antonenko 1999c. Sq. area = 16,000 km. Diameter take-off using Virtual Moon Atlas.
Shickard-Schiller Basin Cryptomare Region -44.4 -54.6 Antonenko1999 700 62 I823, LAC110 See Figure 7, Chap. 1, in Antonenko and Head 1999 for map. Region designation from Antonenko 1999c and Giguere et al 1998. Sq. area = 38,000 km.
West Humorum Cryptomare Region -22 -56 Antonenko1999 700 51 I495, I755, LAC92, LAC93 See Figure 10, Chap. 1, in Antonenko and Head 1999 for map. Region designation from Antonenko 1999c and Giguere et al 1998. Sq. area = 23,000 km.
West Procellarum Cryptomare Region 5 -70 Antonenko1999 300 28 See Figure 14, Chap. 1, in Antonenko and Head 1999 for map. Region designation from Antonenko 1999c and Giguere et al 1998. Sq. area = 3,800 km.
Notes:

This is a partial list of cryptomaria described in Antonenko 1999a and 1999b, limited to those accessible by Earth-based amateur telescopes.

References:

Antonenko, I. and Head, J. W. 1995a. Cryptomaria in the Schiller-Schickard, Mare Humorum and Western Oceanus Procellarum Areas: Studies Using Dark-Halo Craters. XXV Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held in Houston, TX, 14-18 March 1994., p.35. 1994LPI....25...35A http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1994LPI....25...35A

Antonenko, I. and Head, J. W. 1995b. Estimates of Cryptomare Thickness and Volume in Schiller-Schickard, Mare Humorum and Oceanus Procellarum Areas. ___ Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 26:47. 1995LPI....26...47A http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1995LPI....26...47A

Antonenko, I. 1999a. Volumes of Cryptomafic Deposits on the Western Limb of the Moon: Implications for Lunar Volcanism. Thesis (in four parts). http://home.the-wire.com/~iant/Thesis/

Antonenko, I. 1999b. Stratigraphy of the Schickard Crater Area, from Clementine Multispectral Data. Chap. 3 in Antonenko 1999a. Thesis. http://home.the-wire.com/~iant/Thesis/chapter3/chapt3.html

Antonenko, I. 1999c. Implications for Lunar Volcanism from Studies of Cryptomafic Deposits. Chap. 4 in Antonenko 1999a. Thesis. http://home.the-wire.com/~iant/Thesis/chapter4/chapt4.html

Antonenko, I. 1999d. Global Estimates of Cryptomare Deposits: Implications for Lunar Volcanism. XXX Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-29, 1999, Houston, TX, Abstract No. 1703. 1999LPI....30.1703A http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1999LPI....30.1703A

Antonenko, I. and Head, J.W. 1999. Cryptomafic Deposits on the Western Limb of the Moon: Areal Distribution and Volumetric Significance of Early Imbrian Volcanism as Determined from Dark-Haloed Impact Craters. Chap. 1 in Antonenko 1999a. Thesis. http://home.the-wire.com/~iant/Thesis/chapter1/chapt1.html

Giguere, T. A., Hawke, B. R., Taylor, G. J. and Lucey, P. G. 1998. Geochemical Studies of Lunar Cryptomare. XXIX Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 16-20, 1998, Houston, TX, Abstract No. 1782. 1998LPI....29.1782G http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1998LPI....29.1782G

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