The Moon: A personal recollection and memorial for Professor Lawrence A. Taylor, an Apollo stalwart
| Autor: | Stuart Ross Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
biology Stable isotope ratio Apollo 010502 geochemistry & geophysics biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Physics::Geophysics Astrobiology Geochemistry and Petrology Physics::Space Physics Earth (chemistry) Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Volatiles Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 266:9-16 |
| ISSN: | 0016-7037 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.034 |
| Popis: | The first geochemical analysis of lunar samples returned by the Apollo 11 mission revealed that the Moon was highly differentiated and depleted in volatile elements. Stable isotope compositions show that Earth and Moon are closely related but they have evolved in totally dissimilar ways, probably related to the deficiency of water in the Moon as well as the vast differences in size. Currently available lunar samples come from cumulate source regions, making the establishment of a bulk planetary composition more reliant on geophysical rather than geochemical properties. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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