Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lmip.conf...18c&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution p 18-20 (SEE N93-10112
Computer Science
Hypervelocity Impact, Lunar Crust, Lunar Evolution, Lunar Geology, Lunar Magnetic Fields, Lunar Surface, Magnetization, Magnetometers, Remanence, Spatial Distribution, Lunar Rocks, Lunar Soil, Magnetic Properties, Meteorite Collisions
Scientific paper
The natural remanent magnetization of the lunar surface as displayed in returned lunar samples and the data returned by the Apollo subsatellite magnetometer has an unexpectedly high magnitude and exhibits spatial variation at all scales. The origin of the lunar remanent fields may be due to crustal remanence of a core dynamo field occurring early in lunar history prior to extensive modification by impact or remanence of transient fields, particularly associated with impacts, occurring on a local scale throughout lunar history. The presence of an early core dynamo field would have strong consequences for the formation and early evolution of the Moon, yet to deconvolve the role that an internally generated core dynamo field may have had, it is necessary to understand how the magnetic state of the lunar surface has developed through time. Impact-induced magnetism may be an important component of the present magnetic state of the lunar surface. New theoretical considerations suggest that transient magnetic fields within plasma produced by hypervelocity meteorite impacts may have greater significance at larger scales than previously thought.
Crawford David Allen
Schultz Peter H.
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