 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Printed in The Netherlands 39Ar-4°Ar SYSTEMATICS OF TWO MILLIMETER-SIZED ROCK FRAGMENTS FROM MARE CRISIUM...fragment (9.4 mg), from the Luna 24 landing site have been neutron irradiated for the purpose of a9Ar-4OArdating...was found for the larger fragment. After appropriate corrections the composition of the trapped and spallogenicAr...be deciphered. The evolutionof 38Arsp/37Arshowed that 660 m.y. and 500 m.y. were the most reliable exposure...L24B, respectively. The Ti contents of <0.6% determined by gamma-counting prior to the Ar analysis indicate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | online at http://meteoritics.org Lunar mare volcanism in the eastern nearside region derived from Clementine...E-mail: kodama@system.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Received 24 April 2003; revision accepted 13 October 2003) Abstract–Clementine...used to map mare deposits in the eastern lunar nearside region (Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Fecunditatis...Fecunditatis, Mare Serenitatis, Mare Crisium, Mare Nectaris) to understand the volcanic history of this region...and Clementine-derived data were used to classify mare basalts; these include: 750 nm albedo, UV/VIS ratio |  | Okabayashi, Satoki, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Hirata, Takafumi, Terakado, Kazuo, Galimov, Erik M. (2020) Iron isotopic composition of very low-titanium basalt deduced from the iron isotopic signature in Luna 16, 20, and 24 soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 269. 1-14 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.10.020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Journal Pre-proofs Iron isotopic composition of very low-titanium basalt deduced from the iron isotopic signature...signature in Luna 16, 20, and 24 soils Satoki Okabayashi, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Takafumi Hirata, Kazuo Terakado...Galimov, E.M., Iron isotopic composition of very low-titanium basalt deduced from the iron isotopic signature...signature in Luna 16, 20, and 24 soils, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10...undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting |  | Yamashita, N., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., d'Uston, C., Reedy, R.C., Karouji, Y., Kobayashi, S., Hareyama, M., Nagaoka, H., Hasebe, N., Kim, K.J. (2012) The global distribution of calcium on the Moon: Implications for high-Ca pyroxene in the eastern mare region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353. 93-98 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/epsl The global distribution of calcium on the Moon: Implications for high-Ca pyroxene in the eastern...eastern mare region N. Yamashita a,b,c,n, O. Gasnault a,b, O. Forni a,b, C. d’Uston a,b, R.C. Reedy c, Y....September 2012 The first unambiguous global distribution of Ca on the Moon has been revealed by the Kaguya Gamma-Ray...Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. The observation of the 3737 keV gamma rays from 40Ca with a high energy resolution...While the derived Ca abundance generally confirms the mare-highland dichotomy, we found that the eastern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/gca Testing the relation between UV–vis color and TiO2 content of the lunar maria Jeffrey J....context. To this end, the ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) color ratio, used to estimate the TiO2 composition...composition of mature mare basalts, has been one of the most widely used spectral parameters in lunar exploration...exploration. We examine the correlation between UV–vis color and TiO2 content using a combination of Clementine...data to document the extent to which color is dependent upon TiO2. Examination of the remotely sensed |  | | 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) | | Honolulu, HI 96822, USA 4 The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL ⁄ Birkbeck, The Joint UCL-Birkbeck Research... WC1E 6BT, UK 5 IARC, Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London, Cromwell Road, SW7...2010; revision accepted 03 February 2012) Abstract–The feldspathic lunar meteorites contain rare fragments...pyroxene TiO2 and the mineral-melt Ti distribution coefficient. Overall, most of the basalt fragments are...sensing of the moon (both UV-Vis from Clementine, and gamma ray from Lunar Prospector). However, the distribution |  | 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...possible sources of P-bearing olivine were found in the lunar material: 1) highland anorthositic–noritic–troctolitic...to high-Mg suite rocks: 2) late-stage products of mare basalts crystallization; and 3) unusual olivine–orthopyroxene |  | 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) | | Implications for composition of the global lunar surface, lunar crust, and the bulk Moon Paul H. WARREN Institute...significant implications for the interpretation of global Th data and for the Moon’s bulk composition. As...(Prettyman et al. 2002), the Lunar Prospector gamma-ray data imply that the average global surface Th...calibration yields implausibly high concentrations for the three most Th-poor documented sampling sites, it...in a misfit toward too-high Th when compared with the global regolith Th spectrum as constrained using |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Meteoritical Society, 1996. Printed in USA. Four lunar mare meteorites: Crystallization trends of pyroxenes...Antarctic meteorites known to be derived from mare regions of the Moon: Y-793 169 and A-881757 (YA meteorites)...All have relatively low bulkrock Ti02 content, and the YA meteorites are uncommonly ancient. Our electron...microanalysis (EPMA) data indicate that the Y A meteorites and the dominant mare components of Y-793274 and EET...general trend for Ti-poor (low-Ti and very low-Ti) mare basalts. Their pyroxenes show a strong correlation |  | | 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 |  | 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 |  | | 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) | | Amsterdam - Printed m The Netherlands 155 [6] THE DISTRIBUTION OF TITANIUM ON THE LUNAR SURFACE ALBERT...concentrations have been derived from measurements with the lunar-orbiting gamma-ray experiment on Apollo 15...interval m which the tltamum signal is relatively enhanced Landing site soft values provide the reference for...calculated Among the mare regions overflown, the southern portion of Mare Tranquflhtatxs contains the highest...highest T1 concentration (4 4%), Mare Seremtatls, Mare I ecundltatls, and Mare Smythn have intermediate values |  | Zeng, Xiaojia, Li, Shijie, Joy, Katherine H., Li, Xiongyao, Liu, Jianzhong, Li, Yang, Li, Rui, Wang, Shijie (2020) Occurrence and implications of secondary olivine veinlets in lunar highland breccia Northwest Africa 11273. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 55 (1) 36-55 doi:10.1111/maps.13421 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | breccias preserve the records of geologic processes on the Moon. In this study, we report the occurrence, petrography...petrography, mineralogy, and geologic significance of the observed secondary olivine veinlets in lunar feldspathic...dominated by interconnecting olivine mineral grains. The host clasts are mainly composed of mafic minerals...lithology. The studied olivine veinlets (~5 to 30 lm in width) are distributed within the mafic mineral...mineral host, but do not extend into the adjacent plagioclase. Chemically, these olivine veinlets are Fe-richer |  | | 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...parts of the hloon (Vinogradov, 1975; Schmitt, 1975; Florenskiy et al., 1977). Nevertheless, the material...various laboratories throughout the world is reasonably representative, and the data can be combined with orbital |  | 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 |  | Anand, Mahesh, Taylor, Lawrence A., Neal, Clive R., Snyder, Gregory A., Patchen, Allan, Sano, Yuji, Terada, Kentaro (2003) Petrogenesis of lunar meteorite EET 96008. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (18) 3499-3518 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(03)00134-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | –3518, 2003 Copyright © 2003 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/03 $30.00 ⫹ .00...Environmental Research, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Nakanoku, Tokyo, 164-8639, Japan...clasts. The matrix consists mainly of smaller mineral fragments (⬍0.5 mm), bound by glassy cement, the majority...majority of which are pyroxene and plagioclase. The pyroxene possesses extensive exsolution lamellae. These...are atypical for mare-basalts. One of the distinguishing textures of EET 96008 is the presence of small |  | | 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 |  | Stephant, A., Anand, M., Ashcroft, H.O., Zhao, X., Hu, S., Korotev, R.L., Strekopytov, S., Greenwood, R.C., Humphreys-Williams, E., Liu, Y., Tang, G., Li, Q., Franchi, I.A. (2019) An ancient reservoir of volatiles in the Moon sampled by lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 10989. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 266. 163-183 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.045 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pre-Proof An ancient reservoir of volatiles in the Moon sampled by lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 10989...Revised Date: Accepted Date: 29 May 2018 24 July 2019 24 July 2019 Please cite this article as: Stephant...Franchi, I.A., An ancient reservoir of volatiles in the Moon sampled by lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 10989...undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting...formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo |  | 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 |  | | 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 |
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