The evolution of the lunar crust

SM Elardo, CM Pieters, D Dhingra… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
1609 AD marked the beginning of the modern scientific exploration of the Moon's crust when
Thomas Harriot and later Galileo Galilei made the first recorded maps of the nearside with …

Fe and Mg isotope compositions indicate a hybrid mantle source for young Chang'E 5 mare basalts

Y Jiang, J Kang, S Liao, SM Elardo… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Chang'E 5 (CE-5) samples represent the youngest mare basalt ever known
and provide an access into the late lunar evolution. Recent studies have revealed that CE-5 …

Iron, magnesium, and titanium isotopic fractionations between garnet, ilmenite, fayalite, biotite, and tourmaline: Results from NRIXS, ab initio, and study of mineral …

NX Nie, N Dauphas, EE Alp, H Zeng, CK Sio… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Interpreting isotopic signatures documented in natural rocks requires knowledge of
equilibrium isotopic fractionation factors. Here, we determine equilibrium Fe isotope …

Titanium and iron isotopic records of granitoid crust production in diverse Archean cratons

ZJ Zhang, N Dauphas, AC Johnson, SM Aarons… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Archean granitoid provides critical clues on how Earth's felsic crust was established and its
geodynamics evolved. In this study, we present Fe-Ti isotope and trace-element data for …

Novel insights from Fe-isotopes into the lithological heterogeneity of Ocean Island Basalts and plume-influenced MORBs

MLM Gleeson, SA Gibson, HM Williams - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The extent of lithological heterogeneity in the Earth's convecting mantle is highly debated.
Whilst the presence of pyroxenite in the mantle source regions of Ocean Island Basalts …

First-principles calculation of iron and silicon isotope fractionation between Fe-bearing minerals at magmatic temperatures: The importance of second atomic …

S Rabin, M Blanchard, C Pinilla, F Poitrasson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to elucidate the processes involved in iron and silicon isotopes partitioning during
magmatic differentiation, it is essential to know the precise value of equilibrium fractionation …

Structural, redox and isotopic behaviors of iron in geological silicate glasses: A NRIXS study of Lamb-Mössbauer factors and force constants

M Roskosz, N Dauphas, J Hu, MY Hu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
We report a combined conventional Mössbauer and synchrotron Nuclear Resonant Inelastic
X-ray Scattering (NRIXS) study of a series of basalt, andesite, dacite, and rhyolite glasses at …

A Log‐Ratio‐Based Algorithm for Petrologic Mass‐Balance Problems and Uncertainty Assessment

K Prissel, JA Olive… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We provide a new algorithm for mass‐balance calculations in petrology and geochemistry
based on the log‐ratio approach championed initially by John Aitchison (eg, Aitchison …

[HTML][HTML] Mg and Fe isotope compositions of mid-ocean ridge basalts modified by Mg-Fe inter-diffusion during melt transport

XN Liu, RC Hin, CD Coath, T Elliott - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
We analysed forty-nine, hand-picked, mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) glasses for their Mg
isotopic compositions using a high-precision, critical mixture double-spiking approach …

Fractional crystallization causes the iron isotope contrast between mid-ocean ridge basalts and abyssal peridotites

Y Chen, Y Niu, M Duan, H Gong, P Guo - Communications Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The iron isotope contrast between mid-ocean ridge basalts and abyssal peridotites is far
greater than can be explained by mantle melting alone. Here we investigate a suite of mid …