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Apollo 16 soils - Grain size analyses and petrographySoils from South Ray Crater, North Ray Crater, and the interray area of Station 10 have a similar provenance, containing breccia fragments of low to medium metamorphic grade and low light/dark lithic fragment ratios; these appear to be characteristic of the Cayley Formation. The primary difference between soils possibly derived from North Ray and South Ray craters is in the agglutinate content. A soil from Stone Mountain (Station 4) is characterized by breccia fragments of medium to high metamorphic grade and a high light/dark lithic fragment ratio; this soil may be derived from the Descartes Formation. Differences between the selenomorphic units, the Descartes and Cayley formations, may be lithologic as well as structural. The mean grain size varies from 84 to 280 microns, and all of the samples are poorly to very poorly sorted. There appears to be a relation between the sorting, grain size, and agglutinate content, with the finer-grained, better sorted soils containing more than 30% agglutinates. 'Shadowed' soils, collected close to large boulders, are similar in all respects to the 'reference' soils collected at least 5 m from the boulders.
Document ID
19740040073
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Heiken, G. H.
Mckay, D. S.
Fruland, R. M.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, Tex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1973
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Start Date: March 5, 1973
End Date: March 8, 1973
Accession Number
74A22823
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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