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Volatile loss following cooling and accretion of the Moon revealed by chromium isotopes
(2018)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaTerrestrial and lunar rocks share chemical and isotopic similarities in refractory elements, suggestive of a common precursor. By contrast, the marked depletion of volatile elements in lunar rocks together with their enrichment in heavy isotopes compared with Earth’s mantle suggests that the Moon underwent evaporative loss of volatiles. However, whether equilibrium prevailed during evaporation and, if so, at what conditions (temperature, ...Journal Article