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Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of Exsolved Mineral Phases
Published on: October 25, 2019
アポロ17号の衝突で融解したブレッチアのグラファイト
A Steele1, F M McCubbin, M Fries
1Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Road N.W., Washington, DC 20015, USA. asteele@ciw.edu
まとめ
結晶グラファイトとグラファイトウィスカー (GWs) が月面のサンプルで見つかり,衝突イベントがこれらの構造を作り出すことを示唆しています. この発見は,月が遅い重爆撃期からの古代炭素を保存していることを示しています.
科学分野:
- * 月の地質学と地化学
- * 宇宙化学とアストロ材料科学
- * 惑星科学とインパクトクレーター調査
背景:
- * グラファイトホイッスル (GWs) は,潜在的な応用を持つ新しい炭素ナノ構造です.
- *それらの形成メカニズムを理解することは,材料科学と惑星探査にとって極めて重要です.
- * 過去の研究は,地球外生命体の衝突事件と地球外生命体の形成を決定的に結びつけていない.
研究 の 目的:
- * 月面サンプル内の炭酸性物質を特定し,特徴づけること.
- *アポロ17号の衝突で溶けたブレッチャで発見されたグラファイトとGWの起源を調査する.
- * 太陽系における炭素ナノ構造の形成における衝突過程の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- *アポロ17号の衝突で溶けたブレチヤのサンプルを顕微鏡で検査した.
- *高度なイメージング技術を用いた結晶グラフィットとグラフィットウィスカー (GWs) の分析.
- *地質化学的文脈分析により,地上の汚染を排除する.
主要な成果:
- * 月面のサンプル内で,水晶グラファイトとGWの離散粒子の検出.
- * グラファイトとGWの空間的関連は,サンプル内の共通の起源を示唆しています.
- *地上の汚染指標の欠如は,インシトゥの月の起源を支持する.
結論:
- *インパクトプロセスは,太陽系でGWを生成するための妥当なメカニズムです.
- * 月は,後期の大爆撃期からの古代炭酸物質の貯蔵庫として機能しています.
- * この発見は,天体における炭素循環に関する我々の理解を広げている.
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