Exposure history of the lunar meteorite, Elephant Moraine 87521

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Aug 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993gecoa..57.3793v&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (ISSN 0016-7037), vol. 57, no. 15, p. 3793-3799.

Computer Science

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Chemical Composition, Cosmochemistry, Lunar Rocks, Meteorites, Rare Gases, Cosmic Rays, Nuclides, Radiation Chemistry

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We report the noble gas concentrations and the Al-26, Be-10, Cl-36, and Ca-41 activities of the Antarctic lunar meteorite Elephant Moraine 87521. Although the actual exposure history of the meteorite may have been more complex, the following model history accounts satisfactorily for the cosmogenic nuclide data: A first stage of lunar irradiation for about 1 Ma at a depth of 1-5 g/sq cm followed, not necessarily directly, by a second one for 26 Ma at about 565 g/sq cm; launch from the moon less than 0.1 Ma ago; and arrival on earth 15-50 ka ago. The small concentration of trapped gases shows that except for some material that may have been introduced at the moment of launch, EET 87521 spent less than 1 Ma at a lunar depth less than 1 g/sq cm. EET 87521 has a K/Ar age in the range 3.0-3.4 Ga, which is typical for lunar mare basalts.

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