Abstract

The paper discusses three types of processes of destruction of small lunar craters: (1) destruction by overlapping craters; (2) destruction due to filling with ejecta from neighboring and remote craters; and (3) destruction due to the displacement of surface material by various slope processes. These processes act together, but the role of each in a specific situation and at different stages of the evolution of a crater may change. Their intensity over the past three billion years of the Moon’s history has been noticeably lower than in previous eras. This circumstance needs be taken into account when estimating the time of the potential existence of craters in different periods of the Moon’s history.

中文翻译：

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小月球陨石坑的破坏

摘要

本文讨论了破坏小型月球陨石坑的三种类型的过程：（1）重叠陨石坑的破坏；（2）由于从邻近和偏远的陨石坑中喷出的弹药而造成的破坏；（3）由于各种坡度过程造成表层材料的位移而造成的破坏。这些过程共同作用，但每个过程在特定情况下以及火山口演变的不同阶段的作用可能会发生变化。在月球历史的过去30亿年中，它们的强度明显低于以前的时代。在估算月球历史的不同时期中陨石坑可能存在的时间时，需要考虑到这种情况。