 | Taylor, G. Jeffrey, Martel, Linda M.V., Lucey, Paul G., Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J., Blake, David F., Sarrazin, Philippe (2019) Modal analyses of lunar soils by quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 266. 17-28 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.046 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may...discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2019...Diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinement to determine the modal E- mineralogy of 118 lunar regolith samples |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences: An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details...petrology, crater setting, and bombardment history of the Moon M. D. Norman a Research School of Earth Sciences...history of the Moon, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological...effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on...whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pb isotopes in the impact melt breccia 66095: Association with the Imbrium basin and the isotopic composition...composition of lithologies at the Apollo 16 landing site Joshua F. Snapea,⁎, Alexander A. Nemchina,b, Jeremy...these samples. In this study, the same approach has been tested in the Apollo 16 impact melt breccia 66095...66095, referred to as the “Rusty Rock” due to its enrichments in volatile elements, including Pb. Based on...on these analyses of the breccia, a Pb-Pb isochron age of 3909 ± 17 Ma (at the 95% confidence level) and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rb-Sr-analyses of Apollo 16 melt rocks and a new age estimate for the Imbrium basin: Lunar basin chronology...chronology and the early heavy bombardment of the moon A. DEUTsctl and D. SrOffLEK Institute of Mineralogy...crystalline impact melt rocks from the Apollo I6 collection have been determined. The post-Cayley “glass-bombs”...terrain--the Descartes highlands; whcrcas 63566.67567, 67627. !O and 67629 are derived from the more heterogeneous...plains. The very feldspar-rich impact melt rock 65795. which is compositionally similar to the group of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Accepted 22 June 2012 Available online 10 July 2012 The miniaturized synthetic aperture radar Mini-SAR onboard...onboard Indian Chandrayaan-1 mission was the first ever lunar orbiting SAR that acquired several data strips...which were not studied earlier at radar wavelengths. The Mini-SAR observations, complemented by high resolution...various lunar geological features. The radar backscatter along with the parameters circular polarization...(CPR), relative phase (d) and m (the degree of polarization)–chi (the Poincare ellipticity) decomposition |  | Niihara, Takafumi, Beard, Sky P., Swindle, Timothy D., Schaffer, Lillian A., Miyamoto, Hideaki, Kring, David A. (2019) Evidence for multiple 4.0–3.7 Ga impact events within the Apollo 16 collection. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (4) 675-698 doi:10.1111/maps.13237 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for multiple 4.0–3.7 Ga impact events within the Apollo 16 collection Takafumi NIIHARA 1,2,3,4*, Sky P...Abstract–In a histogram of lunar impact ages from the Apollo 16 site, there is a spike circa 3.9 Ga that has been...were affected slightly differently by the event that produced the Imbrium basin. To further scrutinize...similar to previously defined group 1 Apollo 16 impact melt rocks, while the other two have higher Al2O3 and...target sequences. Eighteen 40Ar/39Ar analyses of the six clasts produced an age range from 3823 75 to |  | | Report (issue) | | on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration GEOLOGY OF THE APOLLO 16 AREA, CENTRAL...CENTRAL LUNAR HIGHLANDS Crystalline rock 68415. A. White angular boulder at Station 8, 3.4 km northeast...high-relief pyroxene. Geology of the Apollo 16 Area, Central Lunar Highlands Edited by GEORGE E. ULRICH, CARROLL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1048 Prepared on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration UNITED...WASHINGTON : 1981 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAMES G. WATT, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at North Ray crater (Apollo 16) sampled a unique section of the lunar highlands not accessible at most...most other landing sites and provide important constraints on the composition of late accreted materials...from this site display a variety of highly siderophile element patterns which may represent the signatures...cannot be related to known meteoritic material. The latter component is prevalent in these rocks besides...chondritic Re/Os, and a gradual depletion of Pd and Au. The observed characteristics are more consistent with |  | Fernandes, V. A., Fritz, J., Weiss, B. P., Garrick-Bethell, I., Shuster, D. L. (2013) The bombardment history of the Moon as recorded by40Ar-39Ar chronology. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48 (2) 241-269 doi:10.1111/maps.12054 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2013) doi: 10.1111/maps.12054 The bombardment history of the Moon as recorded by 40 Ar-39Ar chronology...obtained for 1–3 mm sized rock fragments from Apollo 16 Station 13 soil 63503 (North Ray crater ejecta)...collected by Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions. Selection of these samples was aimed at the old 40Ar-39Ar...40Ar-39Ar ages to understand the early history of the lunar magnetic field and impact flux. Fifteen samples...feldspathic fragmental breccias, and impact melts. The impact ages obtained range between approximately |  | | 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) | | 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. Pernet-Fisher et al. Lunar anorthosite trace-element...issue Key words: lunar-highlands; LA-ICP-MS; lunar-anorthosite; magma-ocean; Apollo 1 Pernet-Fisher et...variations from Apollo ferroan anorthosites (FAN) samples (collected by the Apollo 15 and 16 missions) display |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral-Chemical and Isotopic Variations in Apollo 16 Impact-Melt Breccias a a Jeremy N. Mitchell...(1998) MineralChemical and Isotopic Variations in Apollo 16 Impact-Melt Breccias, International Geology Review...effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on...whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions...in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by |  | Ostertag, R., Stöffler, D., Borchardt, R., Palme, H., Spettel, B., Wänke, H. (1987) Precursor lithologies and metamorphic history of granulitic breccias from north ray crater, station 11, Apollo 16. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 51 (1) 131-142 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(87)90014-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granulitic breccias from North Ray crater, Station 11, Apollo 16 R. OSTERTAG, D. STCWFLERand R. BORCHARDT Institut...of gmnulitic bmccias in the ejecta of North Ray crater, Station 11, Apollo 16 have been analyxed for...predominantly derived from ferroan anorthosites. The mineral clasts in sample 67566 wem derived from fenoan...lithologies The fine-grained gtamtlitic breccias are compositionally almost identical to the feldspathic...Station 11, Apollo 16 which are older than, and therefore are possible precumors of, the fine-g&ted granulitic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords: Moon, surface Volcanism Data reduction techniques Diversity...mantle heterogeneity. Although the cumulate mantle overturn hypothesis is the current standard model invoked...(PCA) and K-means cluster analysis (KCA) – we report the patterns produced from basalt characteristics over...changing spatial scales, from intra-site to inter-site to nearside. The data are sourced from a newly developed...Through the simultaneous considerations of multiple basalt characteristics contained in the database |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | acceptedin re&ed form 16 Jaruq 1973) &&&-hna 20 soil 22003,1(260-600p) is similar to Apollo 16 soil 61601,47(260-600...terms of the percentage of different types of particles. However, among the lithic fragments, the Apollo...Apollo 16 sample contains a greater percentageof fragments with more than 70 wt. % modal plagioclase and a...Luna 20 and Apollo 11,14,1S and 16 indicatethat the KREEP-poor highland regions (the bulk of the lunar terrae)...approximately 36 to 100 wt. %. The average plagioclase content lies in the range 46-70 wt.%. Luna 20 pyroxene |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences: An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details...lunar volcanic and impact glasses from the Apollo 17 landing site a a M. D. Norman , K.J. D. Adena &...lunar volcanic and impact glasses from the Apollo 17 landing site, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences:...Sciences: An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 59:2, 291-306, DOI: 10...effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on |  | Liu, Jingao, Sharp, Miriam, Ash, Richard D., Kring, David A., Walker, Richard J. (2015) Diverse impactors in Apollo 15 and 16 impact melt rocks: Evidence from osmium isotopes and highly siderophile elements. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 155. 122-153 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | elsevier.com/locate/gca Diverse impactors in Apollo 15 and 16 impact melt rocks: Evidence from osmium isotopes...Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, USA Received 16 September 2014; accepted in revised form 7 February...for eleven impact related rocks from the Apollo 15 and 16 landing sites are reported and combined with...investigate the chemical nature and temporal changes in the large impactors implicated in the formation...formation of the lunar basins. Data for the samples all define linear trends on plots of HSE versus Ir concentrations |  | Joy, Katherine H., Visscher, Channon, Zolensky, Michael E., Mikouchi, Takashi, Hagiya, Kenji, Ohsumi, Kazumasa, Kring, David A. (2015) Identification of magnetite in lunar regolith breccia 60016: Evidence for oxidized conditions at the lunar surface. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50 (7) 1157-1172 doi:10.1111/maps.12462 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | breccia 60016: Evidence for oxidized conditions at the lunar surface Katherine H. JOY1,2,3*, Channon VISSCHER4...KRING1,2 1 Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, The Lunar and Planetary Institute—USRA, 3600 Bay Area...magmatic and impact bombardment processes on the Moon. Apollo 16 sample 60016 is an “ancient” feldspathic...was converted from a soil to a rock at ~3.8 Ga. The breccia contains a small (70 9 50 lm) rock fragment...(Fo66-67) are distributed in and adjacent to the Fe-oxide. The silicate minerals have lunar compositions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Some things we can infer about the Moon from the composition of the Apollo 16 regolith RANDY L. KOROTEV*...and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis...I996 September 16;accepted in revisedform 1997 May 12) Abstract-Characteristics of the regolith of Cayley...Cayley plains as sampled at the Apollo 16 lunar landing site are reviewed and new compositional data are...regolith particles. As a means of determining which of the many primary (igneous) and secondary (crystalline |  | Calzada-Diaz, A., Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A., Strekopytov, S. (2017) The petrology, geochemistry, and age of lunar regolith breccias Miller Range 090036 and 090070: Insights into the crustal history of the Moon. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52 (1) 3-23 doi:10.1111/maps.12737 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Planetary Science 1–21 (2016) doi: 10.1111/maps.12737 The petrology, geochemistry, and age of lunar regolith...Range 090036 and 090070: Insights into the crustal history of the Moon A. CALZADA-DIAZ1,2,*, K. H. JOY3, I...2016) Abstract–Meteorites ejected from the surface of the Moon as a result of impact events are an important...important source of lunar material in addition to Apollo and Luna samples. Here, we report bulk element...and represent sampling of two distinct regions of the lunar crust that have protoliths similar to ferroan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2011; available online 9 November 2011 Abstract The concentrations of highly siderophile elements (HSE:...six lunar impact rocks from the Apollo 14, 16 and 17 landing sites, and the lunar meteorite Dar al Gani...ionization mass spectrometry (N-TIMS). We report the first Re–Os isochron age on a lunar impact melt rock...rock. 187Re–187Os isotope systematics for Apollo 16 sample 67935 define an isochron age of 4.21 ± 0.13...metal–liquid metal as this rock melted. The new age adds further constraints on the significance of pre-4.0 Ga basin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | elsevier.com/locate/gca On the origin of impact glass in the Apollo 16 regolith Randy L. Korotev a,c...Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA c McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, Campus Box...addresses the issue of what fraction of the impact glass in the regolith of a lunar landing site derives...local impacts (those within a few kilometers of the site) as opposed to distant impacts (10 or more kilometers...Among 10,323 fragments from the 64–210-lm grain-size fraction of three Apollo 16 regolith samples, 14% are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amsterdam - Printed in The Netherlands 105 [3] A komatiite component in Apollo 16 highland breccias: implications...implications for the nickel-cobalt systematics and bulk composition of the Moon A.E. Ringwood a, S t...version accepted October 16, 1986 The lunar crust at the Apollo 16 landing site contains substantial amounts..."primitive component" in which the ferromagnesian group of elements is concentrated. The composition of this component...komatiites both in major and minor elements. The komatiite component of the lunar crust is believed to have formed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam - Printed in The Netherlands 9 [1] Subophitic lithologies in KREEP-rich...poikilitic impact melt rocks from Cayley Plains, Apollo 16 - remnants of a volcanic Highland crust? W.U....and 62235,66 are the only mafic impact melt rocks from Cayley Plains stations, Apollo 16, from which areas...texture can be reported. The bulk chemistry of these unique subophitic areas and the surrounding poikilitic...rocks of the Cayley regions among these inclusions of basaltic texture failed. However, the absence of |  | | Report (issue) | | ADMINISTRATION APOLLO 1 RELIMINARY S C I E N C E REPORT REPORT APOLLO 166 P PRELIMINARY SCIENCE The Moon, by the...the the Apollo on their their way way back back toto the the Earth. Earth. The The darker darker The...The Moon, as as photographed photographed by Apollo 16 16 astronauts astronauts on areas show: Mare Mare...Mare Crisium, Crisium, near near the the horizon horizon at at the the upper Marginis, right areas show:...Mare Mare Marginis. Marginis. The The far-side far-side highlands highlands are are also also visible. visible |
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