The production curve for agglutinates in planetary regoliths

Details The production curve for agglutinates in planetary regoliths The production curve for agglutinates in planetary regoliths

Nov 1983

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(American Geophysical Union and NASA, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 14th, Houston, TX, Mar. 14-18, 1983) Journal of Ge

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Agglutination, Lunar Soil, Planetary Surfaces, Regolith, Abundance, Breccia, Micrometeorites, Planets, Regolith, Agglutinates, Production Rate, Formation, Models, Adundance, Breccias, Moon, Diagrams, North Ray, Exposure Age, Soil, Procedure, 67481, 67501, 67701, 67941, Apollo 16, Samples, Lunar, Cycling, Chronology, Time Scale, Parameters

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Models for the production of agglutinates are developed that can be applied to the lunar surface or to any planetary or asteroidal body lacking an atmosphere. Models are developed using rate equations for progressively more complex situations and range from Model 1, which is a simple linear increase of agglutinate content with time, to Model 4, which includes provision for recycling of existing agglutinates and replenishment and burial of exposed soil. Model 4 has some aspects of a steady state because, depending on the rate constants, agglutinate content may be limited to an intermediate value, even for long exposure times. In an extreme case, agglutinate content may be limited to a value near zero. These models predict that agglutinates should be low in abundance in areas of thin regolith, such as the Lunokhod-2 site on the moon, and on asteroids. The models may also help explain the apparent low agglutinate abundances of lunar regolith breccias and meteorite regolith breccias.

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