Pre-Orientale Southwest Peak-Ring Basin: Gravity Structure, Geologic Characteristics, and Influence on Orientale Basin Ring Formation and Ejecta Emplacement
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This paper shows plenty of indications for the possible presence of a pre-existing peak ring basin in the south western region of Orientale basin from measurements of Bouguer anomaly and topographic data.
I appreciated how the authors got straight to the point showing compelling evidences and comparing their results at the Orientale basin with the Schrodinger example. I recommend fast publication after some English corrections or rephrasing:
10. missing affiliation;
33,34. The Oriental basin is the youngest of multi-ring basins and well-preserved the characteristics of its original impact basin...;
38.well-preserved;
40. mapping;
61. ... unknown, which raises some questions:...
81. ...degree and order to display...
109,110. with the max positive Bouguer anomaly ~235 m Gal and the min vale ~5 mGal (...
117. the ratio;
118. ...is close to the measured statistic mean value...
121. anomaly;
126. that is confirmed;
133. peak-ring basin also found in the...
135. marked;
171. example for a comparison;
176. close scale, and Schrodinger
177. to reconstruct;
190. combining high-resolution;
191. provides;
194. with similar scale;
200. peak-ring basin is located;
202. encircling a lower topography;
211. PRB as well as the Outer;
228. negative;
229. disrupted;
232, 233. and continuous through the south western section, which would be more similar to the rest of Oriental basin.
Author Response
Thanks for the reviewer's reviews and comments and I completely agree with them. And I have revised in the manuscript.
Reviewer 2 Report
See comment in attached document.
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Author Response
Firstly, thanks for the reviewer’s comments. For the English language and style, I have revised in my manuscript. And followings are the main responses to these comments. Please see the attachment.
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Reviewer 3 Report
The manuscript attempt to document the existence of a pre-existing peak ring basin located SW of the Orientale multiring basin.
Overall I found some weaknesses:
- Even if I am not an English mother tongue I warmly suggest the Authors to check the English with a mother tongue colleague. There are many sentences where the meaning is difficult to understand and hard to follow due to the excessive sentence length (e.g. lines 20-26; 108-111; 125-127; 136-140; 175-177 …among the others)
- Toponyms used in the manuscript text should be shown also in the figures.
- It is not clear how where defined the concentric curves (representing the rings configuration of the Orientale basin) in Fig. 1. Taken from bibliography? From photo interpretation of the authors? Please clarify and describe
- Acronyms. Better to explain their meaning when used the first time in the manuscript text… Consider that not all the readers are specialist of Lunar data. For the wider audience better to be as clear as possible.
- Section 2 (Data and methods) is poor. Try to better explain the data processing, how Bouguer anomaly was computed. For example: Line 92….the authors generally refer to “statistical and empirical formulas”… try to explain more in detail.
- Many times the authors do not provide enough description or evidence about their statements. For example: line 136: “clearly suggest”…. How this radial topographic profile describes the dimension of the main rim crest? From the change in slope located at some coordinates? From a relative maximum… how? Please try to better explain…
- I noticed that the most recent cited reference dates to the 2018… are the authors sure that no more updated reference exists?
- Both discussion and conclusion section should be improved. At place they repeat what stated in the previous sections. What are the findings of this contribution relevant to the wider audience of the journal?
For these issue I suggest to deeply improve the manuscript before being considered for publication in Remote Sensing.
Author Response
Thanks for the reviewer’s comments. And we have responses to these main comments. Please see the attachment.
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Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
Please find my comments in the attached pdf.
Even if I am not an English mother tongue I still find the writing is a lit bit cumbersome. I warmly suggest to check/improve the English with a mother tongue colleague/specialist throughout the manuscript text.
Best regards
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Author Response
Thanks for the reviewer’s comments. And we have responses to these main comments. Please see the attachment.
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