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Exposure ages and neutron capture record in lunar samples from Fra Mauro.

Authors :
Lugmair, G. W
Marti, K
Publication Year :
1972
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1972.

Abstract

Cosmic-ray exposure ages of Apollo 14 rocks and rock fragments obtained by the Kr81-Kr83 method range from 27 to 700 m.y. Rock 14321, collected near the Cone crater rim, is one of the many approximately 27 m.y. old ejecta which were reported at the Third Lunar Science Conference. All the other rocks have considerably higher exposure ages. Isotopic anomalies from neutron capture in gadolinium, bromine, and barium are used to obtain information on the lunar neutron spectrum at various depths below the lunar surface. The flux ratio of resonance and slow (less than 0.3 eV) neutrons is found to be nearly constant in the topmost approximately 100 g/sq cm.

Subjects

Subjects :
Space Radiation

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Notes :
NGR-05-009-150
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19730035001
Document Type :
Report