Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

By C. Shearer, P. C. Hess, Mark A. Wieczorek, M. E. Pritchard, E. M. Parmentier, L. Borg, J. Longhi, L. Elkins‐Tanton, C. Neal, I. Antonenko and 6 more. 2006

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The lunar magma ocean: Reconciling the solidification process with lunar petrology and geochronology (2011, background): “The lid thickness is increased during each step by the volume of plagioclase solidified during that step, assuming only plagioclase floats (though the highest measured plagioclase content of the anorthosite flotation crust on the Moon is about 96%; (Shearer et al., 2006), thus progressively slowing ”
Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the Moon:new insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 2: Predicted Emplacement Processes and Observations) (2017, background): “The nature, distribution and uration of mare basalt magma heat sources are currently poorly nderstood ( Shearer et al., 2006 ) but the consensus is that mare asalts were largely derived from the remelting of the solidified roducts of a deep magma ocean by relatively small degrees of artial melting…”
Asymmetric thermal evolution of the Moon (2012, background): “Third, the total volume of extrusive lava flows has been estimated to lie between 2 106 and 7 106 km3 [e.g., Wieczorek et al., 2006; Shearer et al., 2006].”
Constraints on the depths and temperatures of basaltic magma generation on Earth and other terrestrial planets using new thermobarometers for mafic magmas (2009, background): “Apollo 14 glasses yield much higher temperatures of 1550–1600 °C and pressures of 1.6–3.0 GPa (300–600 km), within error of multiple saturation experiments, which yield 1560 °C and 2.4 GPa (Elkins et al., 2000; Shearer et al., 2006).”
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