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Scientific paper
Oct 1983
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (ISSN 0016-7037), vol. 47, Oct. 1983, p. 1769-1781. NASA-supported research.
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Abundance, Geochemistry, Light Elements, Lunar Rocks, Spalling, Carbon Isotopes, Lunar Composition, Nitrogen Isotopes, Sulfur Isotopes, Moon, Rocks, Samples, Lunar, Geochemistry, Spallation, Genesis, Basalts, Experiments, Abundance, Isotopes, Composition, Carbon, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Procedure, Apollo Missions, Comparisons, Magmas, Oxygen, Fugacity, Data, Production Rates, Exposure Age
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Abundance and isotopic compositions are measured for the very volatile elements carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in 11 lunar rocks representing a wide spectrum of textures and compositions. Samples were combusted sequentially at three temperatures in order to remove terrestrial contaminants before melting the lunar rock and liberating lunar volatiles. The combustion results indicate very little terrestrial sulfur contamination, with sulfur contents correlated with the TiO2 contents of the basalts analyzed. Sulfur isotopic compositions are remarkably uniform and similar to the Canon Diablo meteorite standard. Nitrogen levels are found to be no greater than those obtained with procedural blanks, corresponding to abundances less than 0.1 microg/g. Stable nitrogen isotope measurements indicate a spallogenic N-15 production rate of 4.1 x 10 to the -6th microg N-15/g sample/million years, in agreement with previous estimates. No indigenous carbon in excess of procedural blank levels of about 0.7 microg/g is found in lunar basalts. Levels of 1 to 5 microg/g found in highland rocks may derive from meteoritic or terrestrial sources. The average measured spallogenic C-13 production rate is 4.1 x 10 to the -6th microg C-13/g sample/million years.
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