[meteorite-list] rlv

From: Darryl S. Futrell <futrelds_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:29 2004
Message-ID: <06ec01c10656$415491a0$81c71d3f_at_pavilion>

What's this about the moon ceasing magmatic activity 3.9 billion years ago?
That's simple not true. I see that claim as merely an extension of the
"tektites are terrestrial" farce. Pyroclastics continue through the
present, as well as an occassional small scale basaltic flow. I invite you
to check out some of the references below if you disagree. They are from a
list of over 50 that I don't have typed into my computer yet.

DSF

Chevrel, S. D., et al., 1996, Gruithuisen Domes region: a candidate for a
large extended
 lunar nonmare volcanism unit. XXVII LPSC, Houston, 215-216, Abstract
(evidence
 that these domes are silicic)

Doel, R. E., 1996, The lunar volcanism controversy. Sky & Telescope 92, #4,
26-30.
 (Kuiper’s verification of Kozyrev’s earlier finding of hydrogen venting on
the
 moon)

Greenacre, J. A., 1965, The 1963 Aristarchus events. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.
123, 811-816

Hartmann, W. K., and Harris, D. H., 1968, Lunar volcanic eruptions near
Aristarchus.
 Comm. Lunar Planet. Lab., U. of Arizona 7, #121, 161-168.

Kozyrev, N., 1963, Volcanic phenomena on the moon. Nature 198, 979-980

Lawson, S. L., et al., 2001, Preliminary results from the Lunar Prospector
Alpha Particle
 Spectrometer. XXXII (32nd) LPSC, Houston, March 12-16, Abstract (radon,
etc).

O’Keefe, J. A., 1976, Tektites and their Origin. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 254
pages. (see
 pages 196 to 205 regarding the potential for occasional colossal lunar
volcanic
 eruptions)

Schultz, P. H., et al., 2001, Recent lunar activity: evidence and
implications.
 XXXII (32nd) LPSC, Houston, March 12-16, Abstract.

Wagner, R. J., et al., 1996, Age relations of geologic units in the
Gruithuisen region of
 the moon based on crater size-frequency measurements. XXVII LPSC, Houston,
 1367-1368. Abstr. (lava flows may be continuing to the present)
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