Sentences with phrase «lunar mantle»

Among the mysteries unearthed by Diviner is the apparent complete lack of pristine lunar mantle on the surface.

However, the data have also revealed the presence of highly evolved, silica - rich lunar soils in kilometer - scale and larger exposures, expanded the compositional range of the anorthosites that dominate the lunar crust, and shown that pristine lunar mantle is not exposed at the lunar surface at the kilometer scale.

«Still hot inside the Moon: Tidal heating in the deepest part of the lunar mantle.»

The research team has found that the observed tidal deformation of the Moon can be well explained if it is assumed that there is an extremely soft layer in the deepest part of the lunar mantle.

This research has proven for the first time that the deepest part of the lunar mantle is soft, based upon the agreement between observation results and the theoretical calculations.

The previous studies indicated that there is the possibility that a part of the rock at the deepest part inside the lunar mantle may be molten.

Therefore, the deepest part of the lunar mantle is softer than the shallower part.

For example, how can the bottom of the lunar mantle maintain its softer state for a long time?

Those measurements show that some parts of the lunar mantle have as much water as the Earth's upper mantle.

From the measurements came a major conclusion: Some parts of the lunar mantle have as much water as the Earth's upper mantle.

That central region is surrounded by a ring of material dominated by magnesium - rich pyroxene, a mineral thought to be plentiful in the lunar mantle.