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dc.contributor.authorFernandes, D.
dc.contributor.authorRudraswami, N.G.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-17
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T10:49:56Z
dc.date.available2024-12-12
dc.date.available2025-01-21T10:49:56Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.citationGeoscience Frontiers,Vol. 16(2);2025;article no:101975
dc.identifier.issn1674-9871
dc.identifier.other(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987124001993)
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101975
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.res.in/drs/handle/2264/9355
dc.descriptionIF2023=8.5
dc.description.abstractWe report unearthing the first silicate-type (S-type) lunar Antarctic micrometeorites (AMM) spherule and another spherule with a refractory chondritic phase. The lunar spherule is made of Augite with minor Ni magnetite (<1 wt.%), in contrast to other known cosmic spherules. The Augite s minor oxide range in the spherule are as follows: Wo37-41En25-27Fs34-36, Al2O3: 0.7 1 wt.%, Cr2O3: 0.01 0.06 wt.%, MnO: 0.32 0.39 wt.% and TiO2: 0.03 0.09 wt.%. The lunar spherule s chemical characteristics indicate that it originated from very low Ti lunar basalt (VLT) mare basalts. Chondritic diopside (Wo46-47En50-47Fs5-6, Al2O3: 1.7 1.6 wt.%, Cr2O3: 0.6 0.63 wt.%, MnO: 0.2 0.4 wt.%, and TiO2: 0.0 0.02 wt.%) makes up the refractory phase in the second spherule. The chemical composition of diopside is indistinct from those of calcium aluminium inclusion (CAIs) found in both ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites. Our finding reveals that micron-sized lunar impact debris can potentially reach the Earth s surface, similar to the earliest formed nebulae solid component
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
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dc.titleAn unusual lunar origin and chondritic refractory Antarctic micrometeorites
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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