Lunar Crustal Magnetization Sourced via the Delivery of Iron-Rich Ejecta from Basin-Forming Impacts
R. I. Citron et al 2025 Planet. Sci. J. 6 158 Simulations show that impacts can produce deposits of iron-rich material thick enough to account for lunar magnetic anomalies, but the predicted…
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