Thermal history of the Moon: Implications for an early core dynamo and post-accretional magmatism

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1511-1521

  Konrad, W ^a   Spohn, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DYNAMO; LUNAR EVOLUTION; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0031442747     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00364-5     Document Type: Article

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