Magmatic evolution II: A new view of post-differentiation magmatism

C Shearer, CR Neal, TD Glotch… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Just as the use of new tools revolutionized lunar science in 1610 (Galileo's telescope), 1840
(photography), and 1960s–1970s and 1990s (over 45 robotic and human missions to the …

The evolution of the lunar crust

SM Elardo, CM Pieters, D Dhingra… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
1609 AD marked the beginning of the modern scientific exploration of the Moon's crust when
Thomas Harriot and later Galileo Galilei made the first recorded maps of the nearside with …

Young lunar mare basalts in the Chang'e-5 sample return region, northern Oceanus Procellarum

Y Qian, L Xiao, JW Head, CH van der Bogert… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Chang'e-5, China's first lunar sample return mission, is targeted to land in northern
Oceanus Procellarum, within a region selected on the basis of 1) its location away from the …

[HTML][HTML] The global surface temperatures of the Moon as measured by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment

JP Williams, DA Paige, BT Greenhagen, E Sefton-Nash - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter (LRO) has been acquiring solar reflectance and mid-infrared radiance …

Water on the surface of the Moon as seen by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper: Distribution, abundance, and origins

S Li, RE Milliken - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
A new thermal correction model and experimentally validated relationships between
absorption strength and water content have been used to construct the first global …

Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the Moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 2 …

JW Head, L Wilson - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
We utilize a theoretical analysis of the generation, ascent, intrusion and eruption of basaltic
magma on the Moon to develop new insights into magma source depths, supply processes …

Crystallization of the lunar magma ocean and the primordial mantle-crust differentiation of the Moon

B Charlier, TL Grove, O Namur, F Holtz - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
We present crystallization experiments on silicate melt compositions related to the lunar
magma ocean (LMO) and its evolution with cooling. Our approach aims at constraining the …

Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the Moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 1: Theory)

L Wilson, JW Head - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
We model the ascent and eruption of lunar mare basalt magmas with new data on crustal
thickness and density (GRAIL), magma properties, and surface topography, morphology and …

Evidence for water ice near Mercury's north pole from MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer measurements

DJ Lawrence, WC Feldman, JO Goldsten, S Maurice… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Measurements by the Neutron Spectrometer on the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment,
GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft show decreases in the flux of …

Geology and scientific significance of the Rümker region in northern Oceanus Procellarum: China's Chang'E‐5 landing region

YQ Qian, L Xiao, SY Zhao, JN Zhao… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Rümker region (41–45° N, 49–69° W) is located in northern Oceanus Procellarum of the
Moon. Mons Rümker is the most distinctive geological feature in the area. The region is …