Lunar meteorites

KH Joy, J Gross, RL Korotev… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Lunar meteorites are fragments of consolidated rock that were ejected from the Moon when
it was struck by an impacting asteroid or comet, entered an Earth-crossing orbit, and …

Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Moon and preservation of ancient terrestrial heterogeneities

SJ Lock, KR Bermingham, R Parai, M Boyet - Space science reviews, 2020 - Springer
The Moon forming giant impact marks the end of the main stage of Earth's accretion and sets
the stage for the subsequent evolution of our planet. The giant impact theory has been the …

Evaporation of moderately volatile elements from silicate melts: experiments and theory

PA Sossi, S Klemme, HSC O'Neill, J Berndt… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Moderately volatile elements (MVEs) are sensitive tracers of vaporisation in geological and
cosmochemical processes owing to their balanced partitioning between vapour and …

Magmatic chlorine isotope fractionation recorded in apatite from Chang'e-5 basalts

J Ji, H He, S Hu, Y Lin, H Hui, J Hao, R Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Moon can have elevated chlorine (Cl) isotope ratios, much higher than any other Solar
System objects. Deciphering the Cl isotope compositions of volcanic lunar samples is critical …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple reservoirs of volatiles in the Moon revealed by the isotopic composition of chlorine in lunar basalts

JJ Barnes, IA Franchi, FM McCubbin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
The isotopes of chlorine (37 Cl and 35 Cl) are highly fractionated in lunar samples
compared to most other Solar System materials. Recently, the chlorine isotope signatures of …

Potassium isotopic composition of the Moon

Z Tian, BL Jolliff, RL Korotev, B Fegley Jr… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The Moon is depleted in water and other volatiles compared to Earth and the bulk solar
composition. Such depletion of volatile elements and the stable isotope fractionations of …

Trace element partitioning between apatite and silicate melts: Effects of major element composition, temperature, and oxygen fugacity, and implications for the volatile …

D Ji, N Dygert - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Apatite, as an accessory phase in igneous and metamorphic rocks, has important
petrological significance due to its capacity to accommodate appreciable amounts of many …

An experimentally-determined general formalism for evaporation and isotope fractionation of Cu and Zn from silicate melts between 1300 and 1500 C and 1 bar

PA Sossi, F Moynier, R Treilles, M Mokhtari… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Vaporisation fractionates elements and their isotopes between condensed phase (s) and the
gas phase according to two end-member regimes; kinetic (Langmuir) or equilibrium …

On the origin of fluorine-poor apatite in chondrite parent bodies

FM McCubbin, JA Lewis, JJ Barnes, JW Boyce… - American …, 2023 - degruyter.com
We conducted a petrologic study of apatite within one LL chondrite, six R chondrites, and six
CK chondrites. These data were combined with previously published apatite data from a …

Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds—A Comprehensive Review

GW Gribble - Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds, 2023 - Springer
The present volume is the third in a trilogy that documents naturally occurring
organohalogen compounds, bringing the total number—from fewer than 25 in 1968—to …