Composition of the Cayley Formation at Apollo 16 as inferred from impact melt splashes

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Nov 1986

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(Lunar and Planetary Institute, NASA, AAS, et al., Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 17th, Houston, TX, Mar. 17-21, 1986)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Impact Melts, Lunar Composition, Lunar Soil, Meteoritic Composition, Apollo 16 Flight, Astronomical Models, Chondrites, Landing Sites, Mineralogy, Selenology

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Abundances of major and trace elements and magnetic properties of 50 impact melt splashes (IMSs) from the Apollo 16 landing site are analzyed to determine the composition of their meteoritic component. MgO-Sc and Ca-Sc variation diagrams and least-squares mixing models are utilized to analyze the IMS, soil, and rock data. Consideration is given to progenitor lithologies of the IMS, the number of impact events represented by the IMS, and the heterogeneity of impact melts from single events. It is observed that the IMSs are composed of either a mixture of anorthosite and low-Sc impact melt rocks or anorthositic norite. It is determined that the surface Cayley layer is composed of TiO2, MgO, Sc, and La concentrations of 0.69, and 7.1 wt pct and 10.5 and 21.2 microg/g, respectively and 0.38 and 5.9 wt pct and 6.1 and 11.8 microg/g, respectively, for the subsurface Cayley layer. The Descartes Formation composition is estimated as TiO2, MgO, Sc, and La concentrations of 0.25, and 3.5 wt pct and 7.7 and 2.2 microg/g, respectively.

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