A deep garnet-rich layer in the lunar mantle (IMAGE)

Ehime University

A deep garnet-rich layer in the lunar mantle

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Schematic representation of the Moon’s interior featuring a garnet-rich lunar mantle atop the core-mantle-boundary, and a picture of the synthetic lunar mantle aggregate investigated in this study.

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Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University

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