Light element geochemistry of the Apollo 16 site

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Feb 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975gecoa..39..137k&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 39, Feb. 1975, p. 137-162.

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Abundance, Apollo 16 Flight, Light Elements, Lunar Composition, Lunar Soil, Carbon Isotopes, Chemical Composition, Geochemistry, Lunar Landing Sites, Solar Wind, Sulfur Isotopes

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The abundance and isotopic composition of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen, the abundance of helium and hydrogen, and the content of metallic iron are reported for lunar surface samples from the Apollo 16 landing site at Cayley-Descartes. The light elements show marked interstation variability at the site. The abundances in soils of C, N, He, and H are apparently controlled mainly by exposure to the solar wind, through implantation or stripping processes. Carbon abundances (but not observed isotopic distributions) are compatible with a model in which equilibrium is established after 10,000-100,000 yr between solar wind input and loss by proton stripping. Sulfur abundances in soils are apparently controlled by abundances in local country rocks, but the lunar S cycle is quite complex. A metallic iron component may have originated by solar wind reduction of lunar Fe(2+).

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