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The source and thermal driver of young (<3.0 Ga) lunar volcanism.

Chengyuan Wang, Yuqi Qian, Jintuan Wang, Liang Liu, Le Zhang, Zhiming Chen, Jingyou Chen, Guanhong Zhu, Xianglin Tu, Zexian Cui and 7 more

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Chengyuan WangState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0681-2344
Yuqi QianDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7119-5501
Jintuan WangState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6682-9036
Liang LiuState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0978-5647
Le ZhangState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9161-0653
Zhiming ChenState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0009-0009-0617-6449
Jingyou ChenState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4199-5089
Guanhong ZhuState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Xianglin TuState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Zexian CuiState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9293-5369
Qing YangState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0714-4651
Yan-Qiang ZhangState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Pengli HeState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Yonghua CaoState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0009-0001-8088-3936
Haiyang XianState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8602-3750
James W HeadDepartment of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2013-560X
Yi-Gang XuState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9531-7208

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Abstract

The thermal mechanism that drives the prolonged volcanism on the Moon, especially after the major pulse of Imbrian-aged eruptions, remains unknown. Here, we present a petrological and geochemical study of two types of young farside mare basalts, the ~2.8-billion year (Ga) low-Ti and ~2.9-Ga very-low-Ti basalts, collected during the Chang'e-6 mission. The results of our study show that these basalts have pyroxenitic sources and originate from a depth of ~60 to 80 kilometers and ~120 kilometers, respectively. The depth of their source that became progressively shallower over time, combined with thermal modeling results, suggests that magmatic underplating beneath the ilmenite-bearing cumulate (IBC) that escaped the mantle overturn phase could be a thermal driver for the young lunar magmatism. Global remote-sensing investigations further reveal different TiO

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