Email this article Comparison of the Compositions and Microstructures of Terrestrial and Lunar Impact Glasses: Samples from the Zhamanshin Crater and Luna 16, 20, and 24 Missions
- Authors: Gornostaeva T.A.1, Mokhov A.V.1, Kartashov P.M.1, Bogatikov O.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of the Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry (IGEM), Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 27, No 1 (2019)
- Pages: 95-107
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-5911/article/view/177671
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869591119010028
- ID: 177671
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Abstract
The paper presents pioneering data on the comparative study of impact glasses from the Zhamanshin crater and lunar regolith (delivered by the Luna 16, 20, and 24 probes). The data were acquired using analytical techniques of ultrahigh spatial resolution. Many of the melt and condensate impact glasses, both terrestrial and lunar, are similar in inner structure and composition, which were controlled primarily by the physics of the impacts and similar compositions of the targets.
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T. A. Gornostaeva
Institute of the Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry (IGEM),Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
A. V. Mokhov
Institute of the Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry (IGEM),Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
P. M. Kartashov
Institute of the Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry (IGEM),Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
O. A. Bogatikov
Institute of the Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry (IGEM),Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
