Rare gages implanted in lunar fines
- 31 March 1977
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 285 (1327) , 391-395
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1977.0079
Abstract
Rare gases implanted into lunar fines can be used to study processes in the lunar regolith as well as solar abundances. A short outline of some basic results about the distribution of solar rare gases in lunar soils is given and illustrated by two case studies: (1) Evidence for local endogenic activity near Shorty Crater is inferred from rare gas fractionations in soil 74241. (2) Rare gas concentration profiles measured with a new technique in single lunar soil particles underline the importance of radiation damage as governing factor of migration and promise future possibilities to determine ancient solar abundances free of secondary bias.Keywords
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