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Possible production mechanisms of lunar magnetic fields.Demonstration of the impossibility of the production of local surface magnetic fields on the moon by conduction currents in the lunar soil and in local lunar atmospheres by volcanic eruption. However, it is suggested that convection currents produced by the ionization (by radiation and/or by triboelectric effects) of volcanic-ash-particle flows may produce the local magnetic fields of about 1000 gamma that are believed to have existed on the moon about 3.5 x 10 to the 9th years ago. A simple electrogasdynamic model for such flows and experiments for further investigation of this hypothesis are discussed.
Document ID
19720051920
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cap, F. F.
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 77
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
72A35586
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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