Ulrich H. Faul coauthored lunar models using a laboratory-calibrated description of anelasticity in melt-free olivine. This connects small-scale mineral deformation with measurable planetary energy loss.[ref]
Dissipation at tidal and seismic frequencies in a melt-free Moon by Francis Nimmo and others. Abstract: deformation-based rheological model
Such a comparison tests whether solid-state relaxation can explain observations before an additional molten layer is required.
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