 | Cohen, B. A., Snyder, G. A., Hall, C. M., Taylor, L. A., Nazarov, M. A. (2001) Argon-40-argon-39 chronology and petrogenesis along the eastern limb of the Moon from Luna 16, 20 and 24 samples. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 36 (10) 1345-1366 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01829.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chronology and petrogenesis along the eastern limb of the Moon from Luna 16,20 and 24 samples B. A. COHENI, G....Abstract-Eighteen new lithic fragments from the Soviet Luna missions have been analyzed with electron microprobe...microprobe and 4OAr-39Ar methods. Luna 16 basalt fragments have aluminous compositions consistent with...wellconstrained ages (3347 & 24 Ma, 342 1 f 30 Ma). These data, combined with other Luna 16basalt ages, imply...there were multiple volcanic events filling Mare Fecunditatis. The returned basalt fragments have relatively |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Printed in U.S.A. + .oO The lunar regolith: Chemistry and petrology of Luna 24 grain size fractions J...Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R. ‘Institute for the Study of Mineral Deposits, South Dakota School of...(ReceivedJuly 24, 1986; accepted in revisedform December9, 1986) Abstract-Chemical data are reported for the first...two Luna 24 soils, 24 176 and 242 14. Consistent with our previous results for lunar soils, the compositions...each other but quite different from the tine fractions (~10 am). The finer fractions (lo-5,5-2, <2 pm) |  | Demidova, S. I., Anosova, M. O., Kononkova, N. N., Brandstätter, F., Ntaflos, T. (2019) Phosphorus-bearing Olivines of Lunar Rocks: Sources and Localization in the Lunar Crust. Geochemistry International, 57 (8) 873-892 doi:10.1134/s0016702919080032 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2019. Russian Text © The Author(s), 2019, published in Geokhimiya, 2019, No...Olivines of Lunar Rocks: Sources and Localization in the Lunar Crust S. I. Demidovaa, *, M. O. Anosovaa, *...highland, mare, and mingled meteorites and in “Apollo-14”, “Luna-16, -20, -24” lunar samples. The olivines...variable MG# numbers. They are associated with anorthite, pyroxene, and accessory spinel-group minerals...possible sources of P-bearing olivine were found in the lunar material: 1) highland anorthositic–noritic–troctolitic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | key to resolving the relationship(s) between mare basalts and lunar picritic glasses. The clast is basaltic...body from a very-low-titanium (VLT) basaltic magma. The estimated bulk composition of clast 15295,100 is...those of VLT picritic green glasses, especially the Apollo 14 A green glass. From these similarities...magma similar to the Apollo 14 A glass. Clementine and M3 remotely sensed data of the lunar surface were...100, not only near the Apollo 15 site, but in a broad region surrounding the site. Two regions are consistent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2012; revision accepted 05 November 2012) Abstract–The Northwest Africa (NWA) 2996 meteorite is a lunar...clasts contain clusters of apatite, suggesting that the anorthosites either assimilated evolved rocks or...around the South Pole Aitken (SPA) basin, peripheral regions of eastern mare, Nectaris, Crisium, and southern...of Mare Humorum. However, the mineralogy of NWA 2996 is distinctive compared with Apollo and Luna mission...samples, and is likely consistent with an origin near the SPA basin: anorthosite clasts could represent local |  | Zeng, Xiaojia, Joy, Katherine H., Li, Shijie, Pernet-Fisher, John F., Li, Xiongyao, Martin, Dayl J. P., Li, Yang, Wang, Shijie (2018) Multiple lithic clasts in lunar breccia Northwest Africa 7948 and implication for the lithologic components of lunar crust. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 53 (5) 1030-1050 doi:10.1111/maps.13049 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | breccia Northwest Africa 7948 and implication for the lithologic components of lunar crust Xiaojia ZENG...14 December 2017) Abstract–This study presents the petrography, mineralogy, and bulk composition of...Apollo regolith breccias. Comparing the bulk composition of the meteorite with remotely sensed geochemical...suggests that the sample was derived from a region of the lunar surface distal from the nearside Th-rich...ejected from a nearside highlands-mare boundary (e.g., around Mare Crisium or Orientale) or a cryptomare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mingled impact melt breccia from the highlands—A complete cross section of the lunar crust S. E. ROBERTS 1...Mg-suite, and gabbronorite lithologies as defined by the Apollo sample collection. Clasts representing magnesian...mineralogy although pyroxferroite grains are present. The juxtaposition of evolved, basaltic clasts without...these basaltic clasts may represent cryptomare. The lithologies found in NWA 10986 offer a unique and...section view of the Moon sourced outside of the Procellarum KREEP Terrane. rich terrain, the Procellarum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characterization of multiple lithologies within the lunar feldspathic regolith breccia meteorite Northeast...Katherine H. JOY1,2,3,4,5, and Ian A. CRAWFORD1,6 1 The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL-Birkbeck, Gower...Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London, UK 4 The Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, The Lunar...3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, Texas 77058, USA 5 The NASA Lunar Science Institute 6 Department of Earth...Corresponding author. E-mail: J.Snape@ucl.ac.uk 2 (Received 24 May 2010; revision accepted 08 June 2011) Abstract–Lunar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 Moon rock mineralogy V. L. Barsukov , M. A. Nazarav &...& L. S. Tarasov (1982) Moon rock mineralogy, International Geology Review, 24:2, 238-248, DOI: 10.10...13:40 Moon rock mineralogy V.L. Borsukov, M.A. Nozorov, ond L.S. Torosov is restricted to the range...range An100-An50, with bytownite and anorthite very much predominant. Downloaded by [La Trobe University]...parts of the hloon (Vinogradov, 1975; Schmitt, 1975; Florenskiy et al., 1977). Nevertheless, the material |  | Hill, Patrick J. A., Osinski, Gordon R., Banerjee, Neil R., Korotev, Randy L., Nasir, Sobhi J., Herd, Christopher D. K. (2019) Petrography and geochemistry of lunar meteorites Dhofar 1673, 1983, and 1984. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (2) 300-320 doi:10.1111/maps.13207 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 06 January 2017; revision accepted 24 September 2018) Abstract–The Dhofar 1673, Dhofar 1983, and Dhofar...and spherules are also found in each meteorite. The bulk chemistry of these samples is similar to other...meteorites with the Al2O3 content only slightly lower than average. Within the lithic clasts, the Mg # of mafic...mafic phases versus the anorthite content of feldspars is similar to other highland meteorites and is...to plot intermediate of the ferroan-anorthositic suite and magnesian suite. The samples lack any KREEPy |  | Curran, N. M., Joy, K. H., Snape, J. F., Pernet‐Fisher, J. F., Gilmour, J. D., Nemchin, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Burgess, R. (2019) The early geological history of the Moon inferred from ancient lunar meteorite Miller Range 13317. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (7) 1401-1430 doi:10.1111/maps.13295 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2019) doi: 10.1111/maps.13295 The early geological history of the Moon inferred from ancient lunar meteorite...breccia that provides insights into the early magmatic history of the Moon. MIL 13317 is formed from a mixture...for ~835 84 Myr, at an average depth of ~30 cm. The fusion crust has an intermediate composition (Al2O3...ppm) chemical component. Taking the fusion crust to be indicative of the bulk sample composition, this...originated from a regolith that is associated with a mare-highland boundary that is KREEP-rich (i.e., K, rare |  | Collareta, Alberto, D'Orazio, Massimo, Gemelli, Maurizio, Pack, Andreas, Folco, Luigi (2016) High crustal diversity preserved in the lunar meteorite Mount DeWitt 12007 (Victoria Land, Antarctica) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51 (2) 351-371 doi:10.1111/maps.12597 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1111/maps.12597 High crustal diversity preserved in the lunar meteorite Mount DeWitt 12007 (Victoria Land...2015; revision accepted 10 November 2015) Abstract–The meteorite Mount DeWitt (DEW) 12007 is a polymict...interspersed). The presence of tranquillityite, coupled with the petrophysical data, the O-isotope data...data (D17O = 0.075), and the FeOtot/MnO ratios in olivine (91), pyroxene (65), and bulk rock (77) indicate...plagioclase-rich meta-melt clasts. The volcanic products belong to the very low titanium (VLT) or low titanium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Abstract–Here we report the petrography, mineralogy, and trace element geochemistry of the Dhofar 1180 lunar...lithic clasts are moderately to extremely Fe-rich. The Ti/[Ti+Cr]-Fe/[Fe+Mg] compositional trend of pyroxenes...lithic clasts is consistent with that of low-Ti mare basalts. Glasses display a wide chemical variation...probably a last-stage differentiation product of mare basalt. Molar Fe/Mn ratios of both olivine and pyroxene...derived from an area on the lunar nearside but far away from the center of the Imbrium Basin. INTRODUCTION |  | | Report (issue) | | ; ,: &. THE 0: ?$? $ W -^ U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348 *w COVER The region of...of the Imbrium and Serenitatis basins during six episodes of lunar history. From lower right to upper...upper left, the paintings depict the Moon's surface as it may have looked (1) late in the Nectarian Period;...Period; (2) in the Early Imbrian Epoch, soon after formation of the Imbrium basin; (3) late in the Early Imbrian...Imbrian Epoch; (4) in the Late Imbrian Epoch; (5) in the Eratosthenian Period; and (6) as it is today Paintings |  | | Report (volume) | | MINERALOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY Volume 60 NEW VIEWS of the MOON EDITORS: Bradley L. Jolliff, Mark A. Wieczorek...This book is dedicated to the memory of the late Graham Ryder, who was one of the original four members of...of CAPTEM when the New Views of the Moon scientific initiative was first conceived. Graham, who was a...owing to his broad knowledge of the lunar samples and his residence at the Lunar and Planetary Institute...where CAPTEM met, was a logical choice to be one of the co-leaders of this lunarscience initiative. Not only |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diversity at the Apollo 12 landing site: Inferences from petrologic examinations of the soil sample 12003...Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL-Birkbeck, Gower...10 mm) from the 12003 soil sample as part of an ongoing study of basaltic diversity at the Apollo 12 landing...landing site. An attempt has been made to classify these samples according to the well-established grouping...identified within the 12003 soil. One sample is identified as a possible new addition to the feldspathic suite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | partitioning, (2) core formation in the terrestrial planets, (3) origin of the Earth’s water, and was a Principal...Planetary Science is devoted to Mike, and several of the authors of papers in this issue were his friends...mutually exclusive. The contributions to this issue reflect Mike’s broad interests in the geological and planetary... Mike was clear from the start about what he had come to learn: modern (at the time!) experimental and...excellent since my new lab at Oregon (I had joined the faculty the previous year) had managed to obtain generous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting...note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all...all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Oldest high-Ti basalt and magnesian crustal...this meteorite for the first time, and in situ U-Pb dating of apatite in one of the high-Ti basalts shows...one of the earliest high-Ti basalts on the Moon. 3. The magnesian cores of pyroxene from the dated high-Ti |  | Xia, Zhipeng, Miao, Bingkui, Zhang, Chuantong, Chen, Hongyi, Xie, Lanfang, Ranjith, P. M., Zhang, Yikai, Si, Bowen (2021) Petrography and Shock Metamorphism of the Lunar Breccia Meteorite NWA 13120. Minerals, 11 (8) 899 doi:10.3390/min11080899 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals Article Petrography and Shock Metamorphism of the Lunar Breccia Meteorite NWA 13120 Zhipeng Xia 1,2...Y.; Si, B. Petrography and Shock Metamorphism of the Lunar Breccia Meteorite NWA 13120. Minerals 2021...meteorites are the fragments of rocks that fell on Earth because of the impacts of asteroids on the Moon. Such...information about the composition, evolutionary process, and shock history of the lunar surface. NWA...with a poikilitic-like texture. As the most abundant lithic clasts, the crystalline impact melt (CIM) clasts |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOCHIMICA ETT COSMOCHIMICA ACTA + Journal ey The Geochemical ce and. The ercenitter] Society Albright College...miles). North is at the upper right edge of the disc. Seen above the planet are the satellites Dione (right)...spot at the south edge of a yellow band; in true color, the spot would appear brown and the band white...spot slightly above and to the left in this image moves eastward relative to the green spot at a rate that...it to pass the green feature in about 50 days. The convective clouds that appear between the two spots |
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