 Dissipation at tidal and seismic frequencies in a melt-free Moon by Francis Nimmo and others

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Dissipation at tidal and seismic frequencies in a melt-free Moon by Francis Nimmo and others by

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web.mit.edu/hufaul/www/UPubs/NimmoMoon12.pdf

Authors: Francis Nimmo, Ulrich H. Faul, Edward J. Garnero.

Journal of Geophysical Research 117, E09005. Tests solid-state anelasticity against lunar dissipation and Love numbers; mantle melt is not required by every constraint, but the model has a tidal frequency-dependence discrepancy.

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