Sources of live 60Fe, 10Be, and 26Al in Lunar core 12025, core 15008, skim sample 69921, scoop sample 69941, and under-boulder sample 69961

Fimiani, L.; Cook, D. L.; Faestermann, T.; Gómez Guzmán, J. M.; Hain, K.; Herzog, G. F.; Korschinek, G.; Ligon, B.; Ludwig, P.; Park, J.; Reedy, R. C.; Rugel, G.

Sources of live 60Fe, 10Be, and 26Al in Lunar core 12025, core 15008, skim sample 69921, scoop sample 69941, and under-boulder sample 69961

Fimiani, L.; Cook, D. L.; Faestermann, T.; Gómez Guzmán, J. M.; Hain, K.; Herzog, G. F.; Korschinek, G.; Ligon, B.; Ludwig, P.; Park, J.; Reedy, R. C.; Rugel, G.

Summary: Relatively high concentrations of live 60Fe (T1/2 = 2.62±0.04 Ma [1]) in lunar surface samples [2 and this study] confirm earlier work [3,4] and suggest the arrival of supernova (SN) debris on the Moon about 2 Ma ago.

Keywords: lunar samples; supernova; 60Fe

Poster
43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 19.-23.03.2012, The Woodlands, Texas, USA

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