Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983georl..10..837b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 10, Sept. 1983, p. 837-840.
Physics
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Abundance, Lunar Rocks, Meteoritic Composition, Petrology, Anorthosite, Breccia, Kreep, Trace Elements, Meteorites, Antarctic Meteorites, Allan Hills Meteorites, Alha81005, Moon, Origin, Description, Physical Properties, Characteristics, Iron, Source, Samples, Meteorite, Composition, Clasts, Abundance, Breccias, Siderophiles, Regolith, Manganese, Element Ratios, Parent Bodies, Highlands, Trace Elements, Patterns, Kreep, Experiments
Scientific paper
Abundances of thirty-five elements were determined in two bulk samples and a white clast in the Allan Hills A81005 meteorite. High siderophile element content indicates that the sample is a regolith breccia. An Fe/Mn ratio of 77 in this meteorite eliminates parent bodies of known differentiated meteorites as the source of ALHA81005. The incompatible elements are very similar to those found in most lunar highlands rocks, and provide very strong evidence that the sample is lunar in origin. The clast sample has the trace element pattern of a lunar anorthosite and is very low in KREEP and siderophile elements. It may be a fragment of a pristine lunar rock.
Boynton Willam V.
Hill Dolores H.
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