From the Moon-forming impact to the era of late bombardment: the thermochemical evolution of the early Earth-Moon system (C04)

• Subject Area: Geophysics
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 263649064

For Earth and Moon an early magma ocean is thought to have existed as a consequence of a giant impact leading to widespread melting. The goal of this subproject is to understand how these magma oceans formed and crystallized and how this influenced the thermochemical and tectonic evolution of Earth and Moon. Starting with the Moon-forming collision event, we will study the cooling and crystallization history of magma oceans, as well as the mixing or preservation of mantle reservoirs as originating from crystallization. The aim is to construct a chain of the most plausible events that is consistent with today's geochemical and petrological findings.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 170: Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Doris Breuer; Professor Dr. Ulrich Hansen; Professor Dr. Kai Wünnemann