Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

Charles K. Shearer; Paul C. Hess; Mark A. Wieczorek; Matt E. Pritchard; E. Mark Parmentier; Lars E. Borg; John Longhi; Linda T. Elkins-Tanton; Clive R. Neal; Irene Antonenko; Robin M. Canup; Alex N. Halliday; Tim L. Grove; Bradford H. Hager; D-C. Lee; Uwe Wiechert

doi:10.2138/rmg.2006.60.4

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Research Article| January 01, 2006

Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

Charles K. Shearer;

Charles K. Shearer

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Inst. of Meteorites, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Corresponding author e-mail: Charles K. Shearer <[email protected]>

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Paul C. Hess;

Paul C. Hess

2

Dept. of Geol. Sci., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

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Mark A. Wieczorek;

Mark A. Wieczorek

3

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France

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Matt E. Pritchard;

Matt E. Pritchard

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Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sci., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

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E. Mark Parmentier;

E. Mark Parmentier

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Dept. of Geol. Sci., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

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Lars E. Borg;

Lars E. Borg

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Inst. of Meteorites, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

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John Longhi;

John Longhi

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York, U.S.A.

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Linda T. Elkins-Tanton;

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

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Dept. of Geol. Sci., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

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Clive R. Neal;

Clive R. Neal

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Dept. of Civil Eng. & Geol. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A.

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Irene Antonenko;

Irene Antonenko

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University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Robin M. Canup;

Robin M. Canup

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Dept. of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

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Alex N. Halliday;

Alex N. Halliday

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Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Tim L. Grove;

Tim L. Grove

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Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sci., MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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Bradford H. Hager;

Bradford H. Hager

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Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sci., MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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D-C. Lee;

D-C. Lee

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Academica Sinica, Institute of Earth Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

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Uwe Wiechert

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Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland

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Author and Article Information

Charles K. Shearer

1

Inst. of Meteorites, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Paul C. Hess

2

Dept. of Geol. Sci., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Mark A. Wieczorek

3

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France

Matt E. Pritchard

4

Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sci., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

E. Mark Parmentier

2

Dept. of Geol. Sci., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Lars E. Borg

1

Inst. of Meteorites, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

John Longhi

5

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York, U.S.A.

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

2

Dept. of Geol. Sci., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Clive R. Neal

6

Dept. of Civil Eng. & Geol. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A.

Irene Antonenko

7

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Robin M. Canup

8

Dept. of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Alex N. Halliday

9

Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Tim L. Grove

10

Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sci., MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Bradford H. Hager

10

Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sci., MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

D-C. Lee

11

Academica Sinica, Institute of Earth Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

Uwe Wiechert

12

Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland

Corresponding author e-mail: Charles K. Shearer <[email protected]>

Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America

First Online: 09 Mar 2017

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2006) 60 (1): 365–518.

https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2006.60.4

As with all science, our continually developing concepts of lunar evolution are firmly tied to both new types of observations and the integration of these observations to the known pool of data. This process invigorates the intellectual foundation on which old models are tested and new concepts are built. Just as the application of new observational tools to lunar science in 1610 (Galileo’s telescope) and 1840 (photography) yielded breakthroughs concerning the true nature of the lunar surface, the computational and technological advances highlighted by the Apollo and post-Apollo missions and associated scientific investigations provided a new view of the thermal...

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