A long-lived lunar core dynamo

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6067, 2012, Pages 453-456

  Shea, Erin K ^a   Weiss, Benjamin P ^a   Cassata, William S ^b   Shuster, David L ^b,c   Tikoo, Sonia M ^a   Gattacceca, Jérôme ^d   Grove, Timothy L ^a   Fuller, Michael D ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

COOLING; GEODYNAMO; MOON; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROLOGY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COOLING; DIFFUSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

EID: 84856248104     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1215359     Document Type: Article

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