CRC TRR 170 - A02: Constraining the age of the South Pole-Aitken basin and the lunar landing sites - implications for the lunar chronology

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This project seeks to test and improve the lunar chronology function, which is widely used to date planetary surfaces not only on the Moon but also on other Solar System bodies. We propose to perform detailed crater size-frequency distribution measurements of the Apollo and Luna landing sites, which are crucial calibration points for the chronology function. In addition, we will perform an in-depth literature evaluation of available radiometric and exposure ages of samples from these landing sites. These ages will be augmented by newly determined radiometric ages provided by other TRR projects, e.g., project A1, to accurately determine the chronology function. Furthermore, we will investigate the stratigraphy of the largest and oldest impact basin on the Moon, the South Pole-Aitken basin.