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Spectral interpretation of late-stage mare basalt mineralogy unveiled by Chang’E-5 samples

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  • Dawei Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xing Wang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jianjun Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Bin Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xin Ren

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yuan Chen

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhaopeng Chen

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hongbo Zhang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Guangliang Zhang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qin Zhou

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhoubin Zhang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qiang Fu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Chunlai Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

The western maria of lunar near-side are widely covered with late-stage mare basalts. Due to the lack of returned samples, the mineralogy of the late-stage basalts was previously speculated as having high abundance of olivine based on remote sensing observation. However, here we show that Chang’E-5 (CE-5) lunar soil samples, the ground truth from past unsampled lunar late-stage mare region, give a different interpretation. Our laboratory spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses of the CE-5 soil samples demonstrate that their special spectral signatures are representative of iron-rich high-Ca pyroxene rather than olivine. Considering the spectral and compositional similarities between CE-5 soil samples and lunar late-stage basalts, the mineralogy and petrology of CE-5 samples may be able to be generalized to entire lunar late-stage basalts. Our study would provide a constraint on the thermal evolution of the Moon, especially the young lunar volcanism.

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  • Dawei Liu & Xing Wang & Jianjun Liu & Bin Liu & Xin Ren & Yuan Chen & Zhaopeng Chen & Hongbo Zhang & Guangliang Zhang & Qin Zhou & Zhoubin Zhang & Qiang Fu & Chunlai Li, 2022. "Spectral interpretation of late-stage mare basalt mineralogy unveiled by Chang’E-5 samples," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33670-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33670-6
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