CRC TRR 170 - A05: Chronology of lunar crust formation and its relation to the age of the Moon

Basic data for this project

Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster

Duration at the University of Münster: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period

Description

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.

Keywords: Geowissenschaften; Mond

Website of the project: https://www.trr170-lateaccretion.de

DFG-Gepris-ID: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/436444377

Funding identifier: TRR 170/2 | DFG project number: 263649064

Funder / funding scheme:

DFG - Collaborative Research Centre (SFB)

Project management at the University of Münster

Kleine, Thorsten	Professorship for experimental and analytical planetology (Prof. Kleine)
Klemme, Stephan	Professur für Petrologie (Prof. Klemme)

Applicants from the University of Münster

Kleine, Thorsten	Professorship for experimental and analytical planetology (Prof. Kleine)
Klemme, Stephan	Professur für Petrologie (Prof. Klemme)

Research associates from the University of Münster

Haupt, Cordula Pauline	Professur für Petrologie (Prof. Klemme)
Schneider, Jonas Michel	Professorship for experimental and analytical planetology (Prof. Kleine)

Project partners outside the University of Münster

German Aerospace Center (DLR)Germany

Related main project

SFB TRR 170: Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets

Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024 | 2nd Funding period

Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre

Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster

Publications of the University of Münster resulting from the project

Experimental constraints on the long-lived radiogenic isotope evolution of the Moon Snape JF, Nemchin AA, Johnson T, Luginbühl S, Berndt J, Klemme S, Morrissey LJ, van Westrenen W (2022) In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 326, 119-148. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2022.04.008 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Experimental and petrological investigations into the origin of the lunar Chang'e 5 basalts Haupt, CP; Renggli, CJ; Klaver, M; Steenstra, ES; Berndt, J; Rohrbach, A; Klemme, S (2023) In: Icarus, 402, 15625. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115625 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Fluorine abundance of the lunar magma ocean constrained by experimentally determined mineral-melt F partitioning Jing, J-J; Berndt, J; Klemme, S; van Westrenen, W (2024) In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 364, 89-99. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.011 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Titanium-rich basaltic melts on the Moon modulated by reactive flow processes Klaver, M; Klemme, S; Liu, X; Hin, RC; Coath, CD; Anand, M; Lissenberg, J; Berndt, J; Elliott, T (2024) In: Nature Geoscience, 17(2), 118-123. doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01362-5 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Trace element partitioning in the lunar magma ocean: an experimental study Haupt, CP; Renggli, CJ; Rohrbach, A; Berndt, J; Schwinger, S; Maurice, M; Schulze, M; Breuer, D; Klemme, S (2024) In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179, 45. doi:10.1007/s00410-024-02118-z Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

Experimental constraints on the long-lived radiogenic isotope evolution of the Moon Snape JF, Nemchin AA, Johnson T, Luginbühl S, Berndt J, Klemme S, Morrissey LJ, van Westrenen W (2022) In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 326, 119-148. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2022.04.008 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Experimental and petrological investigations into the origin of the lunar Chang'e 5 basalts Haupt, CP; Renggli, CJ; Klaver, M; Steenstra, ES; Berndt, J; Rohrbach, A; Klemme, S (2023) In: Icarus, 402, 15625. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115625 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Fluorine abundance of the lunar magma ocean constrained by experimentally determined mineral-melt F partitioning Jing, J-J; Berndt, J; Klemme, S; van Westrenen, W (2024) In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 364, 89-99. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.011 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Titanium-rich basaltic melts on the Moon modulated by reactive flow processes Klaver, M; Klemme, S; Liu, X; Hin, RC; Coath, CD; Anand, M; Lissenberg, J; Berndt, J; Elliott, T (2024) In: Nature Geoscience, 17(2), 118-123. doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01362-5 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Trace element partitioning in the lunar magma ocean: an experimental study Haupt, CP; Renggli, CJ; Rohrbach, A; Berndt, J; Schwinger, S; Maurice, M; Schulze, M; Breuer, D; Klemme, S (2024) In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179, 45. doi:10.1007/s00410-024-02118-z Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published