Inferences concerning the early thermal history of the moon

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Apr 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976lpsc....7.3221r&link_type=abstract

In: Lunar Science Conference, 7th, Houston, Tex., March 15-19, 1976, Proceedings. Volume 3. (A77-34651 15-91) New York, Pergamon

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Lunar Evolution, Lunar Temperature, Mascons, Free Convection, Lunar Geology, Radioactive Isotopes, Selenology

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Closed system melting and certain requirements of the theory of mascons lead to the inclusion that there is a basalt-rich shell below the outer anorthositic shell. Other evidence leads to the conclusion that the moon possesses a small iron core. Thus, differentiation of the whole moon seems to have occurred early in lunar history and is consistent with the evidence for thermal convection having occurred throughout lunar history. The heat source required to melt the moon in its early history is an obscure matter but was possibly short-lived radioactive isotopes.

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