The “Procellarum KREEP Terrane”: Implications for mare volcanism and lunar evolution

By Mark A. Wieczorek, Roger J. Phillips. 2000

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EARLY CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF MARS 1 (2005, background): “A possible analogue for this enriched component is lunar KREEP (McSween et al. 2003), which may comprise roughly half the lunar crust in some areas (Wieczorek & Phillips 2000).”
Crustal evolution and the temporality of anorthosites (2017, background): “Another possibility is that magma ocean solidification, thought to occur on timescales 106 years (Elkins-Tanton et al., 2011), might have been prolonged by thermal insulation of the anorthositic crust (Solomon and Longhi, 1977), due to internal heat production from KREEP (Wieczorek and Phillips, 20”
Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon (2006, methodology): “It remains to be tested, though, as to how this would affect the conclusions of Wieczorek and Phillips (2000).”
A 3‐D numerical study of the thermal evolution of the Moon after cumulate mantle overturn: The importance of rheology and core solidification (2013, background): “This layer is either frozen onto the base of the anorthositic crust [Wieczorek and Phillips, 2000; Hess and Parmentier, 2001] or sank to the deep mantle [Zhong et al., 2000].”
The distribution and origin of smooth plains on Mercury (2013, neutral): “…differences in mantle temperature, due in part to differences in radioactive element abundances in the uppermost mantle that resulted in generally cooler temperatures in the farside mantle and less production of basaltic partial melt [e.g., Wieczorek and Phillips, 2000; Wieczorek et al., 2001].”
A review of lunar chronology revealing a preponderance of 4.34–4.37 Ga ages (2015, background): “…rocks, once thought to be ubiquitous in the crust, are largely absent in meteorite samples and not widespread on the surface (Jolliff et al. 2000; Wieczorek and Phillips 2000; Korotev et al. 2003, 2009; Korotev 2005; Wieczorek et al. 2006) making it difficult to evaluate whether they represent…”
Asymmetric thermal evolution of the Moon (2012, methodology): “We note simply that if there were any density gradients with depth, that this would limit the amount of convection, and that the thermal evolution would approach a model that was purely conductive [as in Wieczorek and Phillips, 2000].”
Global investigation of olivine on Mars: Insights into crust and mantle compositions (2013, methodology): “7Ga, as the result of the radiogenic heating of the lunar mantle [Schultz and Spudis, 1983; Hiesinger et al., 2003; Wieczorek and Phillips, 2000].”
Crustal structure of Mars from gravity and topography (2004, background): “Basins situated in areas on the Moon which were thermally enhanced also tend to be near isostatic equilibrium [ Wieczorek and Phillips , 2000].”