Geophysics and Tectonics Seminar fall-2016
Early Formation of the Moon 4.52 billion years ago
Nov. 4, 2016,
noon - 12:50 p.m.
Geology 3814
Presented By:
Melanie Barboni
UCLA
New isotopic measurements of lunar zircons require formation of the Moon within the first ~60 million years of solar system history. This age places the Moon-forming giant impact 100 million years earlier than many recent estimates.