Detecting the Lunar Wrinkle Ridges Through Deep Learning Based on DEM and Aspect Data

Lunar wrinkle ridges are an important stress geological structure on the Moon, which reflect the stress state and geological activity on the Moon. They provide important insights into the evolution of the Moon and are key factors influencing future lunar activity, such as the choice of landing sites. However, automatic extraction of lunar wrinkle ridges is a challenging task due to their complex morphology and ambiguous features. Traditional manual extraction methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive. To achieve automated and detailed detection of lunar wrinkle ridges, we have constructed a lunar wrinkle ridge data set, incorporating previously unused aspect data to provide edge information, and proposed a Dual-Branch Ridge Detection Network (DBR-Net) based on deep learning technology. This method employs a dual-branch architecture and an Attention Complementary Feature Fusion module to address the issue of insufficient lunar wrinkle ridge features. Through comparisons with the results of various deep learning approaches, it is demonstrated that the proposed method exhibits superior detection performance. Furthermore, the trained model was applied to lunar mare regions, generating a distribution map of lunar mare wrinkle ridges; a significant linear relationship between the length and area of the lunar wrinkle ridges was obtained through statistical analysis, and six previously unrecorded potential lunar wrinkle ridges were detected. The proposed method upgrades the automated extraction of lunar wrinkle ridges to a pixel-level precision and verifies the effectiveness of DBR-Net in lunar wrinkle ridge detection. [pdf, SCI, EI, IF=2.8000, CAS-G3, JCR-Q2]

Recommended citation:

X. Lu, J. Sun, G. Shu, J. Zhao, N. Li, “Detecting the Lunar Wrinkle Ridges Through Deep Learning Based on DEM and Aspect Data,” in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 085016, Jul. 2025, DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/ade352.

bibtex:

@ARTICLE{Lu2025SLunarWrinkleRidgesDetection,
  author={Xin Lu and Jiacheng Sun and Gaofeng Shu and Jianhui Zhao and Ning Li},
  journal = {Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  title={Detecting the Lunar Wrinkle Ridges Through Deep Learning Based on DEM and Aspect Data}, 
  year={2025},
  volume={25},
  number={8},
  pages={085016},
  doi={10.1088/1674-4527/ade352}
}