Lu-Hf zircon evidence for rapid lunar differentiation

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Mar 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009e%26psl.279..157t&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 279, Issue 3-4, p. 157-164.

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Zircons from the Apollo 14 polymict breccias 14304, 14305, and 14321 crystallized from highly incompatible-trace-element enriched sources over an extended period of early lunar history from 4.4 to 4.0 Ga. These zircons contain the least radiogenic 176Hf/177Hf yet observed in lunar samples, consistent with their source magmas containing a component (KREEP) that evolved during chemical differentiation of a global lunar magma ocean. The initial 176Hf/177Hf isotopic compositions of the zircons as a function of their crystallization ages suggest separation of the KREEP source, and thus crystallization of the lunar magma ocean, by ~ 4.48 Ga to no later than 4.38 Ga.

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