Explicitly modelled deep-time tidal dissipation and its implication for Lunar history
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.12.038
Abstract: Abstract Dissipation of tidal energy causes the Moon to recede from the Earth. The currently measured rate of recession implies that the age of the Lunar orbit is 1500 My old, but the Moon is… read more here.
Keywords: time; lunar history; dissipation; tidal dissipation ... See more keywords