Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976cosp.meetq....p&link_type=abstract
COSPAR, Plenary Meeting, 19th, Philadelphia, Pa., June 8-19, 1976, Paper. 13 p.
Physics
Lunar Evolution, Lunar Rocks, Micrometeoroids, Solar Flares, Solar Flux Density, Solar Wind, Cosmic Rays, Extraterrestrial Matter, Lunar Craters, Solar System
Scientific paper
Measurements of microcraters, tracks and implanted ions allow the determination of relative fluxes of micrometeoroids, solar flare and solar wind particles. The first ion probe measurements of solar wind implanted ions in a lunar plagioclase crystal with an estimated track age of 20,000 years show surface enhancements for six different elements. The corresponding solar wind exposure ages vary between 18,000 and 420,000 years posing problems for a simple solar wind irradiation hypothesis. The crater/track ratio in soils is only about 1/100 of that in rocks, indicating track production while grains are shielded. The similar range of track and crater densities in mature soils indicates little dust flux variation.
Poupeau G.
Rajan Sundar R.
Walker Rober M.
Zinner Emst
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