| 35997 |
Creator |
1c5c32b11b5ad1bd9c846a77784abc38 |
| 35997 |
Creator |
51ba1648465fe8c369f2825dd9ca5ad7 |
| 35997 |
Date |
2013 |
| 35997 |
Is Part Of |
p0012821X |
| 35997 |
Is Part Of |
repository |
| 35997 |
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. |
| 35997 |
authorList |
authors |
| 35997 |
status |
peerReviewed |
| 35997 |
volume |
361 |
| 35997 |
type |
AcademicArticle |
| 35997 |
type |
Article |
| 35997 |
label |
Tartèse, Romain and Anand, Mahesh (2013). Late delivery of chondritic hydrogen
into the lunar mantle: Insights from mare basalts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
361 pp. 480–486. |
| 35997 |
label |
Tartèse, Romain and Anand, Mahesh (2013). Late delivery of chondritic hydrogen
into the lunar mantle: Insights from mare basalts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
361 pp. 480–486. |
| 35997 |
Title |
Late delivery of chondritic hydrogen into the lunar mantle: Insights from mare basalts |
| 35997 |
in dataset |
oro |