Mixing of Major Soil Components in the Apollo 16 Drill Core

Document Type

Conference Abstract

Publication Date

3-1978

Abstract

Two major processes are thought to act on lunar soils, maturation and mixing. Petrologic data, inert gas data, and magnetic data show convincingly that mixing of a least three major soil types is a significant contribution to the gross stratigraphy of this core. The evidence, however, does not exclude in situ maturation.

Department

Physics and Astronomy

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