Basalt Paleomagnetic Samples

First lunar farside field record

Provides first-hand constraints on the lunar farside paleofield strength at ca. 2.8 Ga, filling a spatiotemporal gap in lunar dynamo evolution.

Cai, Shuhui · Yang, Saihong · Fang, Jie · Shen, Zhongshan · Zhang, Min · Qin, Huafeng · Zhang, Chi · Li, Xiaoguang · Chen, Yi · Li, Jinhua · He, Huaiyu · Deng, Chenglong · Li, Chunlai · Pan, Yongxin · Zhu, Rixiang

Nature 2024

Specifications

paleointensities

{'zh': '', 'en': '21'} μT

age ca

{'zh': '', 'en': '2.8'} Ga

after sharp decline

{'zh': '', 'en': '~3.1'} Ga