Lunar basalt chronology, mantle differentiation and implications for determining the age of the Moon

Despite more than 40 years of studying Apollo samples, the age and early evolution of the Moon remain contentious. Following the formation of the Moon in the aftermath of a giant impact, the resulting Lunar Magma Ocean (LMO) is predicted to have generated major geochemically distinct silicate reserv...

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Main Authors: Snape, J., Nemchin, Alexander, Bellucci, J., Whitehouse, M., Tartèse, R., Barnes, J., Anand, M., Crawford, I., Joy, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14511