Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jan 1970
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1970sci...167..571k&link_type=abstract
Science, Volume 167, Issue 3918, pp. 571-574
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
The rare gas distribution in lunar soil, breccias, and rocks was studied with a micro-helium-probe. Gases are concentrated in grain surfaces and originate from solar wind. Helium-4 concentrations of different mineral components vary by more than a factor of 10 apart from individual fluctuations for each type. Also grains with no detectable helium-4 exist. Titanium-rich components have the highest, calcium-rich minerals the lowest concentrations. The solar wind was redistributed by diffusion. Mean gas layer thicknesses are 10, 6, and 5 μ m for helium, neon, and argon respectively. Lithic fragments in breccias contain no solar gases. Glass pitted surfaces of crystalline rocks contain about 10-2 cubic centimeter of helium-4 per square centimeter. Etched dust grains clearly show spallogenic and radiogenic components. The apparent mean exposure age of dust is approximately 500 × 106 years, its potassium-argon age is approximately 3.5 × 109 years. Cavities of crystalline rocks contain helium-4, radiogenic argon, H2, and N2.
Kirsten Toralf
Steinbrunn F.
Zähringer Josef
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