Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982pepi...29..135r&link_type=abstract
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol. 29, Aug. 1982, p. 135-147.
Physics
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Lunar Evolution, Lunar Magnetic Fields, Paleomagnetism, Polar Wandering (Geology), Chronology, Displacement, Dynamo Theory, Magnetic Anomalies, Mascons
Scientific paper
Facts regarding the lunar crust magnetism can seemingly be explained by the hypothesis that the moon generated a field in its early history by a dynamo process in the core. Alignment of the mean lunar field along the ancient axis of rotation is due to the fact that the Coriolis force was a dominant term in the equations of motion in this core. Hood's modeling of the magnetic anomalies in the lunar crust have lead to the determination of the paleo-directions of this field, and then the determination of paleopole positions, which are found to be grouped with respect to age. A close relationship is shown between the palaoequators corresponding to ages 4 Ga and 3.85 Ga, and the circular maria or mascons on the near side and multi-ring basins of corresponding age on the far side. Changes in the inertia tensor moments consequent on the excavation and flooding of these circular mare can be used to explain polar displacements indicated from lunar paleomagnetism. It is inferred that small moons in the primeval Earth-Moon system are the impacting bodies.
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