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Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
Published on: July 1, 2019
ネオジムイソトープは,月のコンドリート組成の証拠である
K Rankenburg1, A D Brandon, C R Neal
1NASA Johnson Space Center, Mail Code KR, Houston, TX 77058, USA. kai.rankenburg1@jsc.nasa.gov
まとめ
月は月,月が月である.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- 宇宙化学 (コスモケミストリー)
- 同位体地質学とは,同位体地質学である.
背景:
- 地球と月は,おそらく太陽の星雲の同じ領域で形成された.
- 月の同位体組成を理解することで,惑星の形成と進化の洞察が得られます.
- サマリウム・ネオジミウム (Sm/Nd) 同位体系は,惑星の微分年代測定の強力なツールである.
研究 の 目的:
- 月の大量のサマリウム・ネオジミウム (Sm/Nd) の同位体組成を決定する.
- 月のマントルの形成年齢を制限するために.
- 地球と月の初期の分化への影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- 6つの月の玄武岩サンプルにおけるサマリウム・ネオジミウム (Sm/Nd) の同位体比の分析.
- 大量月の142Nd/144Nd比率の計算.
- 月のマントルの形成間隔のモデリング.
主要な成果:
- 月の大部分は,コンドリート隕石と区別がつかない142Nd/144Nd比を示しています.
- 月のマントルは,太陽系の凝縮が始まって2億1500万年後に形成されました.
- 月の142Nd/144Nd比は,ほとんどの地上のサンプルよりも約100万分の20低い.
結論:
- 地球と月は,おそらく共通のコンドリート起源を共有しています.
- ネオジミウム予算のバランスをとるために,より低い142Nd/144Nd値の補完貯蔵庫が地球のマントル内に存在する必要があります.
- これらの発見は,初期の惑星の微分化モデルと陸上の惑星の同位体進化に重大な意味を持っています.
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