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Chronological evidence that the Moon is either young or did not have a global magma ocean

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  • Lars E. Borg

    (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

  • James N. Connelly

    (Centre for Star and Planet Formation, University of Copenhagen)

  • Maud Boyet

    (Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, UMR CNRS 6524, 5 rue Kessler)

  • Richard W. Carlson

    (Carnegie Institution)

Abstract

Surprise date for lunar sample A new age determination for a Moon rock collected close to the site of the Apollo 16 lander has yielded a surprisingly young age of around 4,360 million years. This age would require either that the Moon solidified some 200 million years after the formation of the Solar System — significantly later than is assumed by most lunar formation models — or that the long-held theory that the Moon once had a primordial global magma ocean is flawed. In the latter case, much of the lunar crust could have been produced by non-magma-ocean processes, such as serial magmatism.

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  • Lars E. Borg & James N. Connelly & Maud Boyet & Richard W. Carlson, 2011. "Chronological evidence that the Moon is either young or did not have a global magma ocean," Nature, Nature, vol. 477(7362), pages 70-72, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:477:y:2011:i:7362:d:10.1038_nature10328
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10328
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    1. Tabb C. Prissel & Nan Zhang & Colin R. M. Jackson & Haoyuan Li, 2023. "Rapid transition from primary to secondary crust building on the Moon explained by mantle overturn," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. William S. Nelson & Julia E. Hammer & Thomas Shea & Eric Hellebrand & G. Jeffrey Taylor, 2021. "Chemical heterogeneities reveal early rapid cooling of Apollo Troctolite 76535," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Claire L. McLeod & Mark. P. S. Krekeler, 2017. "Sources of Extraterrestrial Rare Earth Elements: To the Moon and Beyond," Resources, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-28, August.

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