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Inheritance of silicate differentiation during lunar origin by giant impactIt is pointed out that the implication of the popular giant impact model of lunar origin (e.g., Hartmann and Davis, 1975; Cameron and Ward, 1976; Stevenson, 1987) is that any depth-related silicate differentiation within the impactor (and/or the earth) at the time of the impact must be partly inherited by the preferentially peripheral matter that forms the moon. This paper presents calculations of the magnitude of the net differentiation of the protolunar matter for a variety of elements and scenarios, with different assumptions regarding the geometries of the 'sampled' peripheral zones, the relative proportions of the earth-derived to impactor-derived matter in the final moon, and the degree to which the impactor mantle had crystallized prior to the giant impact. It is shown that these differention effects constrain the overall plausibility of the giant impact hypothesis.
Document ID
19920074339
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Warren, Paul H.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume: 112
Issue: 4-Jan
ISSN: 0012-821X
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
92A56963
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-87
Distribution Limits
Public
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