Comments on the surface composition of lunar soil grains
Abstract
Baron et al. [1] have recently published X-ray photoemission spectroscopy analyses of the surface composition of lunar regolith fines sample 10084 showing almost a factor of two higher Fe than we found. They suggest that this discrepancy is due either to the choice of element lines analyzed or to the data reduction procedure used. We document the fact that neither of these possible explanations is correct and provide further arguments in support of our value.
- Publication:
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0012-821X(78)90178-4
- Bibcode:
- 1978E&PSL..41..469H
- Keywords:
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- Geochemistry;
- Lunar Composition;
- Lunar Soil;
- Surface Properties;
- Apollo 11 Flight;
- Auger Spectroscopy;
- Core Sampling;
- Lunar Probes;
- X Ray Spectroscopy;
- 10084;
- IRON;
- CONCENTRATIONS;
- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;
- SPECTROSCOPY;
- SAMPLES;
- LUNAR;
- X-RAY ANALYSIS