Project Details
Projekt
Chronology of lunar crust formation and its relation to the age of the Moon (A05)
Subject Area
Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
Term
since 2020
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 263649064
There is general consensus that the giant Moon-forming impact resulted in large-scale melting and formation of a global lunar magma ocean, but the timing of the impact and the duration of magma ocean crystalliza-tion and crust formation are debated. In this project, we will combine new chronological data for the duration of lunar crust formation with petrological constraints on magma ocean differentiation, and with realistic thermal models of the lunar magma ocean. This multifaceted approach will provide new and firm constraints on the timescales of the Moon's formation and differentiation, and on the connection between formation of the Moon, the onset of late accretion, and the chronology of the lunar cratering record.
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
Subproject of
TRR 170:
Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets
Applicant Institution
Universität Münster
