Extracting Mare-like Cryptomare Deposits in Cryptomare Regions Based on CE-2 MRM Data Using SVM Method

Abstract

A new kind of surface material is found and defined in the Balmer–Kapteyn (B-K) cryptomare region, Mare-like cryptomare deposits (MCD), representing highland debris mixed by mare deposits with a certain fraction. This postulates the presence of surface materials in the cryptomare regions. In this study, to objectively verify the existence of the MCD in the cryptomare regions, based on the Chang’E-2 microwave radiometer (MRM) data, the support vector machine (SVM) method was adopted, where the K-means algorithm was used to optimize the training samples and the random forest algorithm was used to select the proper band features. Finally, the extracted MCD is identified with the datasets including Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Wide Angle Camera, Diviner, and Clementine UV–VIS. The main findings are as follows: (1) Compared to the range outlined via the TB counter, the range of the MCD is objectively extracted using the SVM method in the B-K cryptomare region, which is reasonably indicated by the FeO abundance, TiO2 abundance, and rock abundance distributions. (2) The MCDs were extracted in the Dewar, Lomonosov–Fleming (L-F), and Schiller–Schickard (S-S) regions, indicating that the MCDs are widely distributed in the cryptomaria. (3) The presence of MCDs is concentrated in a limited region, accounting for 64.9%, 52.3%, 76.4%, and 64%, respectively, in the range of Dewar, L-F, S-S, and B-K regions identified using the optical data. The occurrence of the MCD gives a new understanding of the surface evolution in the cryptomare regions.