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Correlated compositional and mineralogical investigations at the Chang′e-3 landing site

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  • Zongcheng Ling

    (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University
    Washington University
    Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Bradley L. Jolliff

    (Washington University)

  • Alian Wang

    (Washington University)

  • Chunlai Li

    (Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jianzhong Liu

    (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jiang Zhang

    (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University)

  • Bo Li

    (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University)

  • Lingzhi Sun

    (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University)

  • Jian Chen

    (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University)

  • Long Xiao

    (Planetary Science Institute, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences)

  • Jianjun Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xin Ren

    (Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenxi Peng

    (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Huanyu Wang

    (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xingzhu Cui

    (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhiping He

    (Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science)

  • Jianyu Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science)

Abstract

The chemical compositions of relatively young mare lava flows have implications for the late volcanism on the Moon. Here we report the composition of soil along the rim of a 450-m diameter fresh crater at the Chang′e-3 (CE-3) landing site, investigated by the Yutu rover with in situ APXS (Active Particle-induced X-ray Spectrometer) and VNIS (Visible and Near-infrared Imaging Spectrometer) measurements. Results indicate that this region's composition differs from other mare sample-return sites and is a new type of mare basalt not previously sampled, but consistent with remote sensing. The CE-3 regolith derived from olivine-normative basaltic rocks with high FeO/(FeO+MgO). Deconvolution of the VNIS data indicates abundant high-Ca ferropyroxene (augite and pigeonite) plus Fe-rich olivine. We infer from the regolith composition that the basaltic source rocks formed during late-stage magma-ocean differentiation when dense ferropyroxene-ilmenite cumulates sank and mixed with deeper, relatively ferroan olivine and orthopyroxene in a hybridized mantle source.

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  • Zongcheng Ling & Bradley L. Jolliff & Alian Wang & Chunlai Li & Jianzhong Liu & Jiang Zhang & Bo Li & Lingzhi Sun & Jian Chen & Long Xiao & Jianjun Liu & Xin Ren & Wenxi Peng & Huanyu Wang & Xingzhu C, 2015. "Correlated compositional and mineralogical investigations at the Chang′e-3 landing site," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9880
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9880
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    1. 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.

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