Lunar evolution

Tera, F. and Wasserburg, G. J. (1974) U-Th-Pb systematics on lunar rocks and inferences about lunar evolution and the age of the Moon. Proceedings of the 5th Lunar Science Conference, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement, 5, 1571-1599. 

Snyder G. A., Borg L. E., Nyquist L. E., and Taylor L. A. (2000b) Chronology and isotopic constraints on lunar evolution. In Origin of the Earth and Moon (eds. R. Canup and K. Rigjiter). University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 361-395. 

Warner J. L., Phinney W. C., Bickel C. E., and Simonds C. H. (1977) Feldspathic granulitic impactites and pre-final bombardment lunar evolution. Proc. 8th Lunar. Sci. Conf. 2, 2051-2066. 

Bouman C, Elliott TR (1999) Li isotope compositions of Mariana arc lavas Implications for crust-mantle recycling. Ninth Goldschmidt Conf Abst, LPI Contribution 971, Lunar Planetary Institute, 35 Bouman C, Elliott TR, Vroon PZ, Pearson DG (2000) Li isotope evolution of the mantle from analyses of mantle xenoliths. J Conf Abst 5 239... 

Onuma et al. 1970). By comparison with other terrestrial rocks, the range of observed 8 0-valnes is very narrow. For instance, terrestrial plagioclase exhibits an O-isotope variation which is at least ten times greater than that for all lunar rocks (Taylor 1968). This difference may be attributed to the much greater role of low-temperature processes in the evolution of the Earth s crust and to the presence of water on the Earth. 

Samarium-neodymium evolution diagram for lunar mare basalt 75075. Data points for the total rock, plagiodase, ilmenite, and pyroxene form a precise linear array, the slope of which gives a crystallization age of 3.70 0.07 Ga for this rock (7= 6.54 x 10 12 yr 1). The insert shows the deviations from the best-fit line in parts in 104. After Lugmair et al. (1975a). 

Sm-143Nd evolution diagram for nine mineral fractions and a whole-rock sample of lunar norite 78238. The inset shows the deviations from the best-fit line in parts in 104. In spite of a small amount of scatter attributed to the inclusion of tiny fragments of other rock types into the measured sample, the isochron is very well defined. After Edmunson et al. (2009). 

Lange, M. A., Ahrens, T. J. (1982) Impact-induced dehydration of serpentine and the evolution of planetary atmosphere. Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 13, J. Geophys. Res., 87, A451-6. 

Fagan T. J., Yurimoto H., Krot A. N., and Keil K. (2002) Constraints on oxygen isotopic evolution from an amoeboid ohvine aggregate and Ca, Al-rich inclusions from the CV3 Efremovka. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXIII, 1507. The Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

MaePherson G. J. and Huss G. R. (2000) Convergent evolution of CAIs and chondrules evidence from bulk compositions and a cosmochemical phase diagram. In Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, 1796, The Lunar and Planetary Institution, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Airieau S. A., Farquhar J., Jackson T. L., Leshin L. A., Thiemens M. H., and Bao H. (2001) Oxygen isotope systematics of Cl and CM chondrite sulfate implications for evolution and mobility of water in planetesimals. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII, 1744. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Wark D. A. and Lovering J. F. (1977) Marker events in the early evolution of the solar system evidence from rims on Ca-Al-rich inclusions from carbonaceous chondrites. Proc. 8th Lunar Planet. Sci. Cortf. 95-112. 

Kracher A. (1985) The evolution of partially differentiated planetesimal evidence from iron meteorite groups lAB and IIICD. Proc. 15th Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. J. Geophys. Res. 90(suppl.), C689-C698. 

Lugmair G. W., Macisaac C., and Shukolyukov A. (1992) The Mn- Cr isotopic system and early planetary evolution. In Lunar Planet. Sci. XXIII. The Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, pp. 823 —824. 

Hsui A. T. and Toksdz M. N. (1977) Thermal evolution of planetary size bodies. Proc. 8th Lunar Sci. Conf. 447-461. 

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