Lunar temperature and global heat flux from laboratory electrical conductivity and lunar magnetometer data

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Electrical Resistivity, Lunar Mantle, Lunar Temperature, Magnetometers, Heat Flux, Lunar Composition, Mascons, Olivine, Pyroxenes

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Three-layer monotonic electrical conductivity models for the lunar interior to a depth of 600 km are used in conjunction with laboratory measurements of the electrical conductivity of olivine and pyroxene to estimate a temperature-depth profile. The temperatures calculated for depths of 400-600 km are consistent with attenuation of the seismic shear wave. The temperature calculated at a depth of 100-250 km yields a heat flow that is in good agreement with the directly measured lunar heat flow. The temperature, however, is sufficiently close to melting that mascon anisostasy would not be maintained. Thus a better conductor is required at this depth.

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