Origin of the earth's moon - Constraints from alkali volatile trace elements

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Jan 1986

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (ISSN 0016-7037), vol. 50, Jan. 1986, p. 91-98.

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Lunar Composition, Lunar Evolution, Trace Elements, Volatility, Alkali Metals, Basalt, Cesium, Chondrites, Constraints, Earth-Moon System, Rubidium, Moon, Origin, Alkali, Volatiles, Trace Elements, Depletion, Basalt, Element Ratios, Cesium, Rubidium, Comparisons, Fission, Hypotheses, Collisions, Ejection, Concentration, Abundance

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Although the moon is depleted in volatile elements compared to the earth, these depletions are not in accord with simple volatility. For example, the Cs/Rb ratios of the earth and moon inferred from basalt are approximately one seventh and one half of the CI ratio, respectively. Volatility considerations alone predict that the lunar Cs/Rb ratio should be equal to or lower than the terrestrial ratio if the moon was derived entirely from earth mantle material. Thus hypotheses such as rotational fission which invoke derivation of lunar material entirely from the earth's mantle may be excluded. The collisional ejection hypothesis of lunar origin requires at least 18 percent of lunar material to be derived from a projectile with dehydrated CI composition to match the lunar Cs/Rb ratio, and 25-50 percent to match both the lunar Cs/Rb ratio and absolute concentrations of Cs and Rb. It remains to be demonstrated that this relatively large contribution of projectile material is consistent with other elemental abundances and element ratios in the moon.

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