Fig. 4: Radial profiles of the surface relief and crust-mantle interface at the end of the simulations. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Radial profiles of the surface relief and crust-mantle interface at the end of the simulations.

From: Large impact cratering during lunar magma ocean solidification

Fig. 4

Both panels showing for the case where a 25-km thick melt layer is present between the crust and mantle (grey outline) and when the melt layer is absent (purple outline). a impact basins forming by a 60-km diameter projectile, and b impact basins forming by a 120-km diameter projectile.

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