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Tartèse, Romain and Anand, Mahesh
(2013).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.015
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Abstract
Recent analytical advances have enabled first successful in-situ detection of water (measured as OH) in lunar volcanic glasses, and, melt inclusions and minerals from mare basalts. These in-situ measurements in lunar materials, coupled with observations made by orbiting spacecraft missions have challenged the traditional view of the Moon as an anhydrous body. By synthesizing and modeling of previously published data on OH contents and H isotope compositions of apatite from mare basalts, we demonstrate that a model of hydrogen delivery into the lunar interior by late accretion of chondritic materials adequately accounts for the measured “water” content and its hydrogen isotopic composition in mare basalts. In our proposed model, “water” in the lunar interior was mostly constituted by hydrogen, delivered by the late accretion of chondrite-type materials. Our model is also consistent with previously proposed models to account for other geochemical characteristics of the lunar samples.
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- Item ORO ID
- 35997
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0012-821X
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Not Set Not Set STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council) - Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Physical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) - Research Group
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- © 2013 Elsevier
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- Romain Tartèse