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Scientific paper
Jan 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jgr...103.1679h&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 103, p. 1679
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108
Lunar Surface, Thorium, Apollo Flights, Hypervelocity Impact, Meteoritic Composition, Highlands, Gamma Ray Spectrometers, Ejecta
Scientific paper
Late in the moon's heavy bombardment period, the impact that formed the Imbrium Basin excavated and melted a tremendous volume of material that was subsequently distributed over most of the moon's surface. The Apollo orbiting gamma-ray experiments show that the Imbrium projectile struck in a Th-rich area, called the High-Th Oval Region here and regarded as a unique lunar geochemical province. Imbrium primary ejecta were thus probably rich in Th. It is shown, using ejecta deposit modeling, that the distribution of Th in the highlands surface along the ground tracks of the gamma-ray spectrometers is consistent with the distribution expected for Imbrium ejecta deposits. Deep basins other than Imbrium appear to have excavated regions of lower crust that were marie and Fe-bearing but not Th-rich. The possibility that the surface Th distribution arises mainly from Imbrium ejecta has implications for the nature of the moon's igneous differentiation and the nature of the proposed 'cataclysm' or late bombardment with large meteoroids.
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