Two-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang'e-5 basalts.

QL, Li; Q, Zhou; Y, Liu; Z, Xiao; Y, Lin; JH, Li; HX, Ma; GQ, Tang; S, Guo; X, Tang; JY, Yuan; J, Li; FY, Wu; Z, Ouyang; C, Li; XH, Li

doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04100-2

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Two-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang'e-5 basalts.

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Li QL

Zhou Q

Liu Y

Abstract

The Moon has a magmatic and thermal history that is distinct from that of the terrestrial planets<sup>1</sup>. Radioisotope dating of lunar samples suggests that most lunar basaltic magmatism ceased by around 2.9-2.8 billion years ago (Ga)<sup>2,3</sup>, although younger basalts between 3 Ga and 1 G...

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