Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

A changing thermal regime revealed from shallow to deep basalt source melting in the Moon

  • Yash Srivastava,
  • Amit Basu Sarbadhikari,
  • James M. D. Day,
  • Akira Yamaguchi,
  • Atsushi Takenouchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35260-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ancient (~3.9 Ga) KREEP-free basalts were sourced from a relatively cool and shallow pyroxene-rich mantle distinct from later-erupted (<3.8 Ga) KREEP-bearing basalts, indicating a fundamental change in melting regimes in the Moon.