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Chronology of lunar granite 12033,576: Resetting of Rb-Sr and K-Ca isochronsLunar granite 12033,576 is a subsample of the 'large' (approximately 1 g) felsite 12033,507 which was identified from a collection of 4-10 mm particles from the 12033 soil sampled from the north rim of Head Crater in the eastern part of Oceanus Procellarum. Discordant ages of approximately 3.6, approximately 0.8, approximately 3.9, and approximately 2.2 Ga for this lunar granite were obtained, respectively, by the K-Ca, Ar-39/Ar-40, and U-Pb zircon methods in previous studies and by the Rb-Sr method is this study. Assuming the granite crystallized approximately 3.9 Ga ago (zircon age) and was shocked by meteoritic impacts at 0.8 Ga ago (Ar-39-Ar-40 age), the intermediate apparent ages by the Rb-Sr and K-Ca methods can be interpreted as reset by diffusion of the parent and daughter nuclides. The Rb-Sr age is less resistant to resetting than the K-Ca age, but more resistant that the Ar-39/Ar-40 age.
Document ID
19940016290
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Shih, C.-Y.
(Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Houston, TX, United States)
Wiesmann, H.
(Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Houston, TX, United States)
Garrison, D. H.
(Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Houston, TX, United States)
Nyquist, L. E.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX., United States)
Bogard, D. D.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 3: N-Z
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
94N20763
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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