Physics – Space Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1982
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Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics (ISSN 0034-6853), vol. 20, Nov. 1982, p. 761-826.
Physics
Space Physics
81
Lunar Geology, Lunar Soil, Lunar Surface, Mineralogy, Petrology, Regolith, Abundance, Apollo Flights, Chemical Composition, Geochemistry, Lunik Lunar Probes, Pyroxenes, Tables (Data)
Scientific paper
The data base on the lunar regolith is surveyed to form a synthesis of the lunar regolith chemistry, mineralogy, and petrology. The data were derived from samples collected by the Apollo missions 11-17 and the Luna 16, 20, and 24 probes. The missions were sent to sample formations and areas which typified the common observed features of the lunar surface. Drive tubes were used to extract samples from beneath the surface in order to study the relationship between the regolith and the bedrock, as well as to identify the processes that formed the regolith, which is regarded as the prime source of raw materials for early lunar industrial activities. Regolith origins are now understood to be destructive processes of comminution and constructional processes of agglutinate formation. Mixing occurs on the local scale, although lateral transport is inefficient on the moon. The usual contents of the fraction of regolith less than 10 microns in diameter are Al2O3, CaO, Na2O, K2O, light REE, and Th.
Laul J. C.
Papike James J.
Simon Steven B.
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