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Water, hydrogen, deuterium, carbon, carbon-13, and oxygen-18 content of selected lunar material

January 1, 1970

The water content of the breccia is 150 to 455 ppm, with a δD from—580 to —870 per mil. Hydrogen gas content is 40 to 53 ppm with a δD of —830 to —970 per mil. The CO2 is 290 to 418 ppm with δ 13C = + 2.3 to + 5.1 per mil and δ18O = 14.2 to 19.1 per mil. Non-CO2 carbon is 22 to 100 ppm, δ13C = —6.4 to —23.2 per mil. Lunar dust is 810 ppm H2O (D = 80 ppm) and 188 ppm total carbon(δ13C = —17.6 per mil). The 18O analyses of whole rocks range from 5.8 to 6.2 per mil. The temperature of crystallization of type B rocks is 1100° to 1300°C, based on the oxygen isotope fractionation between coexisting plagioclase and ilmenite.

Publication Year 1970
Title Water, hydrogen, deuterium, carbon, carbon-13, and oxygen-18 content of selected lunar material
DOI 10.1126/science.167.3918.538
Authors I. Friedman, J. R. O'Neil, L.H. Adami, J.D. Gleason, K. Hardcastle
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Science
Index ID 70010068
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse