Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994gecoa..58.2921a&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 58, Issue 13, pp.2921-2926
Physics
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Scientific paper
Strontium and neodymium systematics have been examined in a clast of ferroan noritic anorthosite from Apollo 16 breccia 67016. Two splits (,328 and ,326) of the same clast give different Sm-Nd results. Split ,328 gives a well defined internal isochron age of 4.562 ± 0.068 Ga and an initial 143 Nd / 144 Nd ratio of 0.50673 ± 10 corresponding to Nd = 0.1 ± 0.2 (2 optimized error) relative to the Murchinson carbonaceous chondrite. The pyroxene separate from split ,326 lies on the same isochron. In contrast, the plagioclase and whole-rock from split ,326 fall below this line, indicating a small-scale disturbance of the Sm-Nd system. This may reflect either an isotopic exchange between the plagioclase and a low Sm/Nd mineral or a loss of radiogenic 143 Nd from the plagioclase, possibly during the period of major impacts at ~3.9 Ga. The preservation of an extremely old age for the noritic ferroan anorthosite 67016,328 suggests a rapid cooling of this rock at an early stage in the evolution of the lunar magma ocean. This old age is also consistent with giant impact models for the formation of the Moon but implies a relatively early event (pre 4.50 Ga) and, therefore, rapid accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets.
Alibert Chantal
McCulloch Malcolm T.
Norman Marc D.
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