Abstract
The work of Baldwin and others discussed in Chap. 2 had shown that the craters and basins of the moon were the result of giant impacts, which must have generated large shock waves over considerable volumes. Could these shock effects, or possible magnetic fields generated in the events, explain the remanent magnetism (NRM) of the lunar samples?
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Courtesy NASA image but see also Horz et al. (1991). In addition to the detailed discussion of crater formation, there is an important summary of shock metamorphism in this same chapter. The Lunar Source book itself is an invaluable resource for lunar scientists and has been followed by Jolliff et al. (2006), that provides an updated volume of similar caliber.
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Courtesy NASA image lunar orbiter.
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Courtesy Lunar and Planetary Science Institute. See also French (1998).
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Courtesy NASA Goddard Space flight Center Tutorial Image. See also French (1998).
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Courtesy of Ernstson Claudin and Fernando Cladin with many thanks.
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Courtesy with special thanks to Ernstson K, Claudin F—Impact structures, and also see Pohl J, Stoffler D, Gall H, Ernstson K (1977)
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Fuller, M. (2014). Impact Related Shock on the Lunar Surface and the Lunar Paleomagnetic Record. In: Our Beautiful Moon and its Mysterious Magnetism. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00278-1_8
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