Lunar soil 15601 has been studied petrographically using grain size analysis, modal analysis, and electron probe microanalysis of monomineralic fragments in the 90-150-micron size fraction. The soil is immature; the grain size distribution is unimodal and very symmetrical, indicating that the soil is a homogeneous product of a single set of processes. It is concluded that 15601 is mostly a simple Apollo 15 mare basalt soil, and its properties can be used to approximate an end product of the array of complex soils that the lunar sample missions have returned.


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    Title :

    Petrography of lunar soil 15601


    Contributors:
    Basu, A. (author) / Griffiths, S. A. (author) / Mckay, D. S. (author) / Nace, G. (author)

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 1980 ; Houston, TX


    Publication date :

    1980-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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