Sources of Error in Lunar Crustal Magnetism Inversions. With Sonia Tikoo, Rachel Maxwell, and Ian Garrick-Bethell.
A modeling project at Stanford, we investigated whether a dipolar lunar magnetic field could produce inversion paleopoles at the equator. The short answer: yes! The scatter in lunar paleopoles is therefore not evidence against a dipolar lunar dynamo field.
Do Young Lunar Impact Glasses Record Transient Magnetic Fields? With Sonia Tikoo and Benjamin Weiss.
A laboratory project at Stanford, we investigated several young lunar impact melt samples and found that they had not exposed to significant magnetic fields prior to collection by Apollo astronauts.
Controlled Atmosphere Thermal Demagnetization of Lunar Glasses. With Sonia Tikoo.
A planned laboratory project at Stanford, we will implement a controlled atmosphere oven system to permit low oxygen fugacity thermal demagnetization of iron-nickel alloys, preserving their paleomagnetic record by preventing them from altering to magnetite while heated.
Oxygen Fugacity in the Lunar Magma Ocean. With Laura Schaefer.
An additional modeling project at Stanford, we allowed oxygen fugacity to freely vary in a 1 dimensional thermochemical model of lunar magma ocean equilibrium and fractional crystallization. We found that this method successfully reproduced trace element patterns observed in lunar samples.