May 2008
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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #U52A-02
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1595 Planetary Magnetism: All Frequencies And Wavelengths
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Models of lunar magnetism need to explain (1) strong Natural Remanent Magnetization (NRM), as indicated by IRMs normalization in some of the returned Apollo samples with ages from about 3.9Ae to 3.65Ae, (2) magnetic anomalies antipodal to the young basins of a similar age, (3) the absence of major magnetic anomalies over these same basins, (4) the presence of central anomalies over some Nectarian and PreNectarian basins, and finally (5) strong fields with scale lengths of homogeneity of the order of kms, or less, found over the Cayley Formations and similar material. Observations (1), (2) and (4) have frequently been taken to require the presence of a lunar dynamo. However, if there had been a lunar dynamo at this time, why are there so few samples that carry an unequivocal strong NRM appropriate for TRM in the proposed dynamo fields. It is also an uncomfortable coincidence that the dynamo appears to cease to give strong fields close to the end of the time of heavy bombardment. Given these difficulties with the lunar dynamo model, it is worth reexamining other possible explanations of lunar magnetism. The obvious candidate is impact related shock magnetization, which already appears to provide an explanation for the magnetization of 62235, a key sample with strong magnetization. Hood's model accounts for the antipodal anomalies, while the observations at Vredefort may account for the anomalies over central peaks and uplifted ring structures in major basins. The question that remains is whether all of the observed lunar magnetization can be explained by impact related magnetization, or whether a dynamo is still required.
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