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Encyclopedia > Upper Imbrian

In the Lunar geologic timescale, the Upper Imbrian epoch occurred between 3800 million years ago to about 3200 million years ago. It was the period during which the mantle below the Lunar basins partially melted and filled them with basalt. The melting is thought to have occurred because the impacts thinned the overlying rock - either causing the mantle to rise because of the reduced pressure on it, bringing molten material closer to the surface; or the top melting as heat flowed upwards through the mantle because of the reduced thermal insulation on top of it.


It was preceded by the Lower Imbrian period and followed by the Eratosthenian.


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Mare Nectaris (123 words)
Mare Nectaris (the "sea of nectar") is a lunar mare located within the Nectaris basin on the lunar nearside.
The basin material is of the Nectarian and Lower Imbrian epochs, with the mare material of the Upper Imbrian epoch.
The crater Theophilus on the northeastern side of the mare is of the Eratosthenian epoch.
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