Extended Data Fig. 6: Temperature and crustal thickness variations with time for 800 km-diameter basins formed at 150 Myr after tLMO on the lunar nearside and farside.
From: Obliteration of ancient impact basins on the Moon by viscous relaxation
The figure is similar to Figs. 1 and 2, but for basins formed at 150 Myr after tLMO. The initial temperatures of both the nearside and the farside crusts are all below 1,200 K (cyan line in a). The heated lower crusts from the upwelling of impact-induced melt pools (gray line) are very limited (see b). The crusts in the basin interiors are not fully thickened before their temperatures drop below 1,200 K (cyan line in c).
